isiNdebele First Additional Language - Term 1 - Week 9

Punctuation marks are important in writing because they help us understand how to read sentences. For example, a full stop (.) tells us to pause, while a question mark (?) shows that a sentence is asking something. Today, we will learn how to use these marks correctly in our sentences.

Let’s look at this sentence: 'uThandi uyathanda ukudla'. It is missing a full stop at the end. The correct sentence should be 'uThandi uyathanda ukudla.' Now, let’s add a question mark to this sentence: 'uThandi uyathanda ukudla' if we want to ask if she likes to eat. The correct form would be 'uThandi uyathanda ukudla?'

Now, I will give you some words: 'uThandi', 'ukudlala', 'uyathanda'. Let’s work together to form a complete sentence. How about we say, 'uThandi uyathanda ukudlala'? Remember to add a full stop at the end. Let’s practice writing this sentence on our boards.

I will give you a short paragraph with some mistakes. Your task is to read it carefully and find the mistakes. Here is the paragraph: 'uThandi uthanda ukudla uMango uThandi uthanda ukudlala'. Look for missing punctuation and correct it. After that, write your own sentence about what you like to do, and remember to use proper punctuation.

• Full stop
• Comma
• Question mark
• Exclamation mark

Answer: Question mark

A question mark is used to indicate that a sentence is asking something.

• uThandi uyathanda ukudla
• uThandi uyathanda ukudla.
• uThandi uyathanda ukudla?
• All of the above

Answer: All of the above

All options are correct sentences depending on the context.

Answer: Exclamation mark

An exclamation mark is used to express strong feelings or excitement.

• Comma
• Full stop
• Question mark
• All of the above

Answer: Full stop

The sentence needs a full stop at the end to be complete.

Answer: Responses will vary.

Students should write a complete sentence using correct punctuation.

• ukudlala
• ukudla
• uthanda
• ukubhala

Answer: ukudlala

ukudlala means 'to play' in isiNdebele.

• Full stop
• Comma
• Colon
• Semicolon

Answer: Comma

Commas are used to separate items in a list.

Answer: To clarify meaning and indicate pauses.

Punctuation helps readers understand how to read sentences correctly.