Today for Basic Skills, you will be learning about colons and model verbs. Please write your date and title, underlined in your best handwriting- Tuesday 22 June 2021, Basic Skills To use semi-colon, colon. All your work needs to be completed neatly on paper and sent to the share point please.
Watch the video below to give you an understanding of colons and semi- colons.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zmfc7ty/articles/z6cxxyc
Time for a bit of colon surgery: insert the colon!
- Mr Daly had a clear set of demands a giant super-computer, a brand new Ferrari and sack of gold coins.
- Mr Scarborough’s intentions were clear no one would be going anywhere.
- Mr Baker demanded ‘Why are you here?’
- Sir Alex Ferguson announced his best squad Rooney, Berbatov, Jukes, Baker, Scarborough and Daly.
- Miss Jukes’ words were powerful the message unforgettable.
Now for a bit of semi-colon surgery! Where should they go?
- Plenty of girls had signed up for the team Miss Jukes wanted to be one of them.
- Mr Daly won the ball in the penalty area he turned quickly, almost losing control he shot and scored.
- Mrs Flower’s briefcase contained a letter to her MP an empty box of Thornton’s chocolates three poems about her holiday and a study of Macbeth.
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