EnglishYear 5Grammar & Punctuation

Use brackets for parenthesis

Use brackets to indicate parenthesis, adding extra information or clarification within a sentence

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Brackets ( ) are like little arms that hug extra information in a sentence. 🤗

  2. 2

    What do brackets do in a sentence?

  3. 3

    Let's add brackets to this sentence: The cat (a ginger tabby) slept all day.

  4. 4

    Add brackets to this sentence: My brother who loves pizza ate three slices.

  5. 5

    Which sentence uses brackets correctly?

  6. 6

    Add brackets to this sentence: My best friend Sara loves swimming.

  7. 7

    What happens if you take away the brackets and the words inside? The cat (who was very sleepy) yawned.

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