KS3ENG9 Punctuation and dialogue personal learning checklist

England KS3 English language · Grammar and vocabulary

Short checks support knowledge; extended reading, writing, discussion and performance need demonstration and teacher judgement.

Name ____________________ Class __________ Date __________

Tick one box per statement. Red: need help. Amber: partly confident. Green: can do independently.

I can	Red	Amber	Green
Boundaries
Mark sentence beginnings and endings accurately
Identify and repair comma splices without changing meaning
Use commas for lists and introductory material
Delimit supplementary information and avoid stray commas
Possession and speech
Distinguish omitted letters from possessive apostrophes
Choose its or it's using meaning and grammar
Punctuate dialogue and distinguish speaker changes
Convert between direct and reported speech
Other choices
Use colons and semicolons for appropriate grammatical relationships
Distinguish sentence dashes, brackets and compound hyphens
Use ellipses and end marks purposefully
Proofread punctuation while preserving intended meaning

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