BULLET POINTS AND ELLIPSES: 11 WORKSHEETS WITH ANSWERS

These Worksheets with Answers are perfect for teaching Punctuation – Bullet Points and Ellipses. These no prep activities would be great for ELA lessons or ELA centers. Your students will love these ready to use exercises that are well planned for student engagement.

After attempting these activities students will be able to:

• Consider the functions of bullet points and ellipses to identify the signs that exemplify the punctuation marks in a text.
• List the similarities and the differences between bullet points and ellipses.
• Apply punctuation rules to identify the appropriate use of bullet points and ellipses in a text.
• Use bullet points to list unordered series of items; to give the reader information quickly; and to simplify big chunks of writing.
• Use ellipses to indicate an omission from the text; and to show hesitation or an interruption.
• Demonstrate command of the conventions of Standard English punctuation – bullet points and ellipses – when writing.

This Download Includes:

• EXERCISE 1: Consider the functions of bullet points and ellipses to identify the signs that exemplify the punctuation marks in the text.
• EXERCISE 2: Watch the video – Ellipses Punctuation – to complete the following ellipses table with required details for ellipses.
• EXERCISE 3: Watch the video – Punctuating a Bullet Point List – to complete the following bullet points table with required details for bullet points.
• EXERCISE 4: Select the correct option to identify the appropriate use of bullet points and ellipses. Select all the correct answers.
• EXERCISE 5: Use bullet points to list unordered series of items, to give the reader information quickly and to simplify big chunks of writing.
• EXERCISE 6: Use bullet points to list unordered series of items, to give the reader information quickly and to simplify big chunks of writing.
• EXERCISE 7: Use ellipses to indicate an omission from the text and to show hesitation or an interruption.
• EXERCISE 8: Use ellipses to indicate an omission from the text and to show hesitation or an interruption.
• EXERCISE 9: Converts each of the horizontal list to vertically bulleted list.
• EXERCISE 10: Rewrite each sentence below using an ellipsis sign.
• EXERCISE 11: If there is an ellipsis, write what the missing word/s might be.