Punctuation Marks

The Little Marks That Help Us Read

Read this without stopping: 'the dog barked the cat ran we laughed'. It is hard to follow! Punctuation marks are like traffic signals for reading. They tell us when to pause, when to stop, and when a question is being asked. A few small marks turn a jumble of words into clear, easy writing.

Punctuation marks are the signs we use to make sentences clear, like the full stop, question mark, comma and apostrophe.