English · Stage 6

Extra Information

Grammar & Punctuation — drop extra information into a sentence and fence it off with a matching pair: brackets (quiet), dashes — loud — or commas (smooth)

✦ English📘 Stage 6 · S6⏱ ~12 min🧒 Ages 10–12★ Free to start

I can punctuate parenthesis with brackets, dashes or commas.

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Kavi's Secret Asides

"Psst — I have a little secret to slip in," whispered Kavi. "When I drop extra information into a sentence, I fence it off with a matching pair: brackets for a quiet aside, dashes for a loud one, or commas for a smooth one. Here is the magic test — lift the aside out: My aunt, a nurse, drove me → My aunt drove me. The sentence still stands tall! Let's fence some asides together."

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What your child will learn

1brackets · dashes · commas · parenthesisTap each card. A parenthesis is extra information you fence off. You can fence it three ways — each has a different tone.

2One mark before, a matching one afterFind the extra information. Wrap it in a matching pair of marks — the same type at both ends. Then test it: lift the aside out and the sentence must still make sense.

3How a parenthesis works

4Which matching pair fences the aside?Read each sentence and look at the marks around the extra information. Which pair fences it — brackets, dashes, or commas?

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A peek inside

In "My aunt, a nurse, drove me to school," what is the parenthesis, and how do you know?

lift out the part between the two commas → 'My aunt drove me to school.' it still makes complete sense → 'a nurse' is the aside

Try this at home: What is a parenthesis?

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