ClassX Video Lessons Youtube Channel Smile and Learn English THE FULL STOP – Puntuaction Marks – Grammar for Kids
Hello friends! My name is Full Stop, and I’m a superhero from the punctuation marks team. Do you know what my mission is? Let’s find out together!
Punctuation marks help us communicate better and express our ideas clearly when we write, read, or speak. Today, I’m going to tell you all about me, the Full Stop!
A full stop is used to show the end of a sentence that is not a question or an exclamation. For example: “This superhero has superpowers.” We put a full stop at the end of this sentence to show it’s finished. After a full stop, the first letter of the next word should be a capital letter. Don’t forget that!
There are different places to use a full stop. Let’s look at two main ways we use it:
Full stops separate two complete sentences that are related. For example: “Thieves broke into a bank because the superhero was on vacation.” We use a full stop here because the next sentence is related: “They opened the safe and took everything.” Easy, right?
Full stops also mark the end of a paragraph. When we finish a paragraph, we leave an empty line and start a new one to talk about a new idea. Let’s continue our story: “They opened the safe and took everything.” New paragraph! “As soon as the superhero got back to the city and read the news in the paper, he went after the thieves in no time.” I wonder how the story ends!
The superhero worked really hard to find the thieves in their hiding spot, counting the money they had stolen. We use a full stop and capitalize the first letter of the next word: “The superhero arrested them and handed them over to the police.” Luckily, it all ended well!
Both functions of the full stop are important: ending sentences and ending paragraphs. Also, always capitalize the first letter of the word that comes right after a full stop.
That’s all for now, friends! Duty calls! See you soon!
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Full Stop Detective: Become a punctuation detective! Find a short story or a paragraph in a book or a magazine at home. With the help of an adult, read the story and use a colored pencil to circle all the full stops you find. Count how many full stops are in the story. Discuss with your adult helper why each full stop is used and what it tells you about the sentence.
Sentence Builder Game: Write down a few simple sentences on separate strips of paper, but leave out the full stops. Mix them up and ask a friend or family member to help you put the sentences in the correct order. Once the sentences are in order, add a full stop at the end of each sentence. Read the sentences out loud and see how the full stops help you know when to pause.
Create Your Own Story: Write a short story about a superhero adventure. Make sure to use full stops to end your sentences. After writing, read your story to someone and ask them to listen for the full stops. Did they notice when you paused? How did the full stops help make your story clear?
Here’s a sanitized version of the YouTube transcript:
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Hello friends!
My name is Full Stop, and I’m part of the punctuation marks team. That’s right, I’m a superhero! Do you know what my mission is?
Well friends, listen closely!
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To start with, let me tell you that all punctuation marks are very important. We use them to communicate better and express our ideas clearly when we write, read, or speak. Today, I’ll tell you all about me.
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We use a full stop to indicate the end of a sentence that is not interrogative or exclamatory. For example: “This superhero has superpowers.” We use the full stop at the end of this sentence to mark its ending. Remember that using a full stop at the end of a sentence means that the initial letter of the word that comes right after should be capitalized. Try not to forget that!
There are different places to use a full stop. Let’s look at two main functions of this punctuation mark. Full stops separate two complete, meaning-related sentences within the same paragraph. Let’s look at an example: “Thieves broke into a bank because the superhero was on vacation.” Here, we’ve used a full stop because the second sentence is related to the first one: “They opened the safe and took everything.” Easy, right?
Now, let’s look at the second function of the full stop. Full stops also mark the ending of a paragraph. Spacing and line breaks are important here. We should make sure that we leave an empty line and start a new paragraph. We’ll use the new paragraph to develop another idea in our writing under the same topic.
Let’s carry on where we left off before: “They opened the safe and took everything.” New paragraph and a line break because we’re about to start a different sentence under the same topic. As soon as the superhero got back to the city and read the news in the paper, he went after the thieves in no time. I wonder how the story ends! Let’s keep reading and do a recap.
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The superhero worked really hard to find the thieves in their hiding spot, counting the money they had stolen. We use a full stop and capitalize the initial of the word that comes right after: “The superhero arrested them and handed them over to the police.” Luckily, it all ended well! It wouldn’t speak so highly of superheroes if it hadn’t, right?
Wow! Both functions of the full stop are equally important, aren’t they? The full stops that end a sentence and those that mark the ending of a paragraph. Also, remember that you always need to capitalize the initial letter of the word that comes right after a full stop.
That was all, friends! Let’s wrap up this video. Duty calls! See you soon!
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We’ve learned so much in just one video! Did you know there are many more videos? Imagine how much you could learn! Subscribe to the Smile and Learn educational channel to learn and have fun at the same time.
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