Answer:
Used to indicate certain abbreviations – full stop
Marks off phrases beginning with participles – comma
Used to introduce a list – colon
Links statements that are closely related – semicolon
Used at the end of a sentence that asks a direct question – question mark
Signifies a sentence where a special note of urgency is required – exclamation mark
Indicates omissions by marking the places where letters are missed out – apostrophe
Used to create a new noun from two other words – hyphen
Indicates a hesitation or dramatic pause – dash
Mark off additional information in a stronger way than commas or dashes – brackets
Used to indicate a proper noun – capital letter
Indicates direct speech – inverted commas/speech or quotation marks
