PUNCTUATION &

CAPITALIZATION
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FULL STOP

• END A SENTENCE
• Mary rode her bike to the playground.
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COMMA

• SEPARATE ITEMS IN A LIST

• I like Reading books, listening to music, study in the afternoon and walk
in the park.
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QUESTION MARK

• ASK A QUESTION
• Where are you from?
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EXCLAMATION MARK

• EMPHASIS A STRONG FEELING

• Wow! Today has been awesome!
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SEMI-COLON
• LINK ELEMENTS OF A SENTENCE
• My daughter is a teacher; my son is a doctor.
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COLON
• INTRODUCE A LIST
• You have two choices:
- finish the work today
- lose the contract
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QUOTATION MARK

• SHOW WHAT IS SAID

• “I worked in Italy” said Jimmy
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APOSTROPHE

• SHOW OWNERSHIP OR MISSING LETTERS

• They´re going to the movies tonight.
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HYPHEN

• JOIN WORDS TOGETHER

• I love ice-cream.
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BRACKETS

• SET OFF LESS IMPORTANT DETAILS

• The two brothers (Richard and Sean) were learning how to
play the guitar.
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ELLIPSIS
• SHOW THAT PARTS OF SENTENCES ARE LEFT OUT
• To be continues…
• “…And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one
can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince.
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• The first word of every sentence.
• The first word of every direct quiotation.
• He said “We´ve jogged two miles”
• The first, last and very important word(s) in a title.
• I´ve been Reading Bulfinch´s The Age og Fable
• Proper names of people, places, language, races and nationalities.
• Grandfather Brown Japan Oriental
• Uganda English Indian
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• Names of particular people or things but not general ones.
• I spoke to Professor Smith.
• I spoke to the profesor.
• Names of months, days of the week and special days but no the seasons.
• February First of July Wednesday Thanksgiving
• spring, summer, winter, autum.
Rewrite the following sentences using appropriate
punctuation marks and capital letters wherever necessary.

• 1. river yamuna flows through agra

• 2. eiffel tower is the most famous monument in france
• 3. my brother is a singer
• 4. where have you been all this while
• 5. you look hot are you ill
• 6. come here at once
Rewrite the following sentences using appropriate
punctuation marks and capital letters wherever necessary.
• 7. rohan is a smart boy
• 8. sania couldnt believe her eyes when she saw the bicycle
• 9. india is the seventh largest country in the world
• 10. mumbai is the capital of maharashtra
• 11. my best friend and his family are moving to chennai
• 12. you dont look happy to see me do you
• 13. you shouldnt have done this to john
• 14. there is a large rain forest in south america