A Billion People on Facebook

The CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, said it was an important achievement for the company.

In this sentence, the extra information (Mark Zuckerberg) is included in commas. If you take out the extra information, the sentence still makes perfect sense.

The CEO of Facebook said it was an important achievement for the company.

Using commas for ‘extra information’

G-Dragon is a popular singer in Korea.

Many coffee shops sell food as well as beverages.

Chi-Mek is a word used by many young Korean people.

How would you add your own extra information to these sentences?

In the first paragraph, there are two different ways of introducing a quotation.

What are the two different ways?

What are the key differences in punctuation between them?

Introducing Quotations

Ask your partner a couple of questions (any topic) and then write down their answers using both methods.

My partner said that: “…….”

My partner thinks, “….”

Ask your partner a question…