Making bullet points match

English · Grammar & Punctuation · ages 10-11

Name ______________________ Date ____________

Read this list: Apples / bread / Cheese. How many bullets start with a capital letter?
Answer: ______________
Which of these shopping lists uses capital letters the same way in every bullet?
- Milk / Eggs / Bread
- milk / Eggs / bread
- Milk / eggs / Bread
Which of these bullets is a full sentence?
- Brush your teeth.
- Toothbrush
- Mint toothpaste
In a list of short fragments, just a few words and not full sentences, what goes at the end of each bullet?
- No punctuation
- A comma
- A full stop
Mia's list says: Clean your desk. / Feed the fish. / ... Which third bullet keeps the same style?
- Water the plants.
- water the plants.
- Watering the plants.
Mia is writing a packing list: Packing my bag. / Charging my tablet. / ... Which third bullet keeps the same pattern?
- I will book my tickets.
- Book my tickets.
- Booking my tickets.
Which bullet list uses the same grammar pattern in every line?
- Feeding the dog / Washed the car / Reads a book
- Feeding the dog / Wash the car / Reading a book
- Feed the dog / Wash the car / Read a book
Which list needs no full stops, because every bullet is a fragment?
- Making the bed. / Packing the bag. / Feeding the cat.
- Milk / Eggs / Bread
- Make your bed / Pack your bag / Brush your teeth
Ben's weekend list says: Play football. / Swimming at the pool. / Ride my bike. How should he write the second bullet so the list matches?
- To swim at the pool.
- Swim at the pool.
- Keep it as Swimming at the pool.
Zara's chore list says: Walk the dog. / feed the cat. / Water the plants. Which single change makes the whole list match?
- Change feed the cat. to Feed the cat.
- Take the full stops off the other two bullets
- Add a comma after every bullet

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2 · Apples and Cheese start with capital letters. Only bread starts lowercase, so 2 bullets have capitals.
Milk / Eggs / Bread · Every bullet starts with a capital letter, so the list follows one pattern from top to bottom.
Brush your teeth. · Brush your teeth. is a complete instruction, so it is a full sentence. The other two just name things.
No punctuation · Fragments are not full sentences, so they don't need an end mark.
Water the plants. · The first two bullets start with a capital command word and end with a full stop. Water the plants. matches both parts of that style.
Booking my tickets. · The first two bullets start with an -ing word, so the third should too. Booking matches Packing and Charging.
Feed the dog / Wash the car / Read a book · Every bullet in this list starts with a command word: feed, wash, read. That is a parallel structure.
Milk / Eggs / Bread · Milk, Eggs and Bread are single naming words, not sentences, so they need no full stops. The other lists are full instructions, which do need them.
Swim at the pool. · The other bullets start with command words, Play and Ride, so the second bullet should start with the command word Swim.
Change feed the cat. to Feed the cat. · Two bullets start with capitals and all three end with full stops, so fixing the one lowercase start makes everything match.