Punctuation Marks Flashcards
Punctuation Marks
Punctuation marks help in expressing and linking thoughts clearly and meaningfully.
Punctuation marks help us pause and stress on words while writing.
Capital Letters
The first words of every sentence starts with a capital letter.
example: The star looks beautiful.
The first word in direct speech starts with a capital letter.
Example: Fleck said, “I love decorating this Christmas tree.”
The specific names of particular or specific persons and places begin with a capital letter.
Examples: Ken, Uncle Arun, Egypt
The names of days, months and special days also begin with a capital letter.
Examples: Sunday, May and Christmas
The pronoun I is always capitalized.
The full stop (.)
The full stop is used to mark the end of a simple statement or a command.
Examples: This is a tall tree.
Let us go home.
The full stop is also used to mark abbreviations and initials.
Examples: Mrs. T.N.Kumar, Dr. Ajay
The question mark (?)
The question mark is placed at the end of a sentence that asks a question.
Example: Can we switch on the lights?
Whose box is this?
The exclamation mark (!)
The exclamation mark is another type of punctuation mark placed at the end of a sentence that express a deep or sudden emotion or feeling.
Examples: Watch out for the speeding cars!
Wow! It looks beautiful.
The comma (,)
The comma (,) indicates a shorts pause or break in the sentence. There are many uses of the comma.
The comma is used to separate a series of words in a sentence.
Example: The tree glowed in red, yellow and blue lights.
The comma may be used before the and preceding the last word in the series.
Example: The tree glowed in red, yellow, and blue lights.
The comma is used to separate the name of a person spoken to.
Example: Tina, can you give me your pen?
The comma is also used to separate words or expressions such as yes, no, well, however, so, from the rest of the sentence.
Example: yes, we shall go to the park today.
The comma is also used to separate a word or a group of words, that tells you something more about a person or thing, from the rest of the sentence. It is commonly used whenever a brief pause is required to give more clarity to the writing.
Example: The book, which is kept on the table, is mine.
The apostrophe (‘)
The apostrophe is used to indicate the omission of a letter or letters to form contractions or shortened words.
Example: don’t, it’s, let’s
These words have been formed by omitting letters from two words and using apostrophe to join them.
do not = don't it is = it's let us = let's
The apostrophe is also used to form the possessives of singular and plural nouns.
Examples: The lady’s bag, Roy’s book - singular possessive nouns.
children’s store, girls’ school - plural possessive noun.
