Punctuation and capitalisation
A. Capitalization:
Uses Examples
Capital letters Names of people, Tom – Peter – Paris –
are the big places, cities, countries, Morocco – English –
letters used at languages Trafalgar Square
the start of The first letter of a They are my friends.
words. Here are sentence
some examples The pronoun ‘I’ Tom and I are in the same
of how to use class.
capital letters Days of the week Monday – Friday
correctly. Months of the year October – August
Book titles I am reading Harry Potter.
B. Punctuation:
Punctuation Uses Examples
mark
Full stop (.) At the end of a sentence Jack went to the market.
that is not a question.
Question mark At the end of a direct When did you meet them?
(?) question. What time is it?
Exclamation Express emotion. Wow!
mark (!) Go out!
Comma (,) 1. To separate three or I speak Arabic, French,
more words in a series. Spanish, and English.
2. To separate two I did my homework, and I
sentences joined by and, played football.
but, so, etc. Alan, my roommate, is
3. Separate a word or from Chicago.
phrase that is not essential He said, “We will
information prevail.”
4. Introduce a quotation.
Colon (:) To introduce a list I have two sisters: Sue
and Liz.
I need four ingredients:
flour, eggs, yeast and
sugar.
Apostrophe (’) 1. In contractions I am (I’m) – I have (I’ve)
2. To show possession David’s car – Jane’s book
Quotation Indicate direct speech. “Saudi Arabia should pay
marks (“ ”) us more for defending it,”
Donald Trump said.
Hyphen (-) To indicate compound Mother-in-law
words Five-year-old child
Semicolon (;) Connect complete It’s raining; the dog is wet
sentences that are not
joined by and, but, so, etc.
Punctuation and capitalisation
A. Capitalization:
Uses Examples
Capital letters Names of people, Tom – Peter – Paris –
are the big places, cities, countries, Morocco – English –
letters used at languages Trafalgar Square
the start of The first letter of a They are my friends.
words. Here are sentence
some examples The pronoun ‘I’ Tom and I are in the same
of how to use class.
capital letters Days of the week Monday – Friday
correctly. Months of the year October – August
Book titles I am reading Harry Potter.
B. Punctuation:
Punctuation Uses Examples
mark
Full stop (.) At the end of a sentence Jack went to the market.
that is not a question.
Question mark At the end of a direct When did you meet them?
(?) question. What time is it?
Exclamation Express emotion. Wow!
mark (!) Go out!
Comma (,) 1. To separate three or I speak Arabic, French,
more words in a series. Spanish, and English.
2. To separate two I did my homework, and I
sentences joined by and, played football.
but, so, etc. Alan, my roommate, is
3. Separate a word or from Chicago.
phrase that is not essential He said, “We will
information prevail.”
4. Introduce a quotation.
Colon (:) To introduce a list I have two sisters: Sue
and Liz.
I need four ingredients:
flour, eggs, yeast and
sugar.
Apostrophe (’) 1. In contractions I am (I’m) – I have (I’ve)
2. To show possession David’s car – Jane’s book
Quotation Indicate direct speech. “Saudi Arabia should pay
marks (“ ”) us more for defending it,”
Donald Trump said.
Hyphen (-) To indicate compound Mother-in-law
words Five-year-old child
Semicolon (;) Connect complete It’s raining; the dog is wet
sentences that are not
joined by and, but, so, etc.
