TOPIC-punctuation : CLASS:III

                                                                     CLASS:III

TOPIC-punctuation                          : English Lang                            Woork sheet#20

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Full stop(.) : It indicates the longest pause and used at the end of a sentence.
e.g.- Iam going to school.

Question Mark (?)  : It indicates a question and is placed at the end of an interrogative sentence.

e.g. :1) The fairy was kind ,beautiful, gentle and lovely.
         2)She bought some apples, mangoes and grapes.

Note : A comma is also used to indicate a short pause.

e.g.: 1) Ravi, my friend, is not well.
         2) If you need my help, write to me.

 (Exclamation Mark) : It is used at the end of an exclamatory sentence, i.e. a group of words that express some strong feeling.

e.g :  1) what a lovely dress!
          2) Oh! I forget to bring my book.

Inverted commas (‘’ ‘’)  : The inverted commas are used to mark the exact words of a speaker.

e.g. :  1) “Take out you book” , said the teacher.
Capital Letter (A,B,C,………)  :

a) The first letter of every sentence begins with a capital letter.
                                                         
1) I am going to the market.
2)  It is very hot.

b)We use capital letters to begin all special names, days of the week, months of the year, mountains, rivers, names of books, magazines, newspaper, etc.

e.g. :Anil,August,TheTimes of India,Mt Eveerest,Yamuna,Cindrella,India,Today.




C)We also use capital letters to begin the names of cities, countries, states, famous buildings , monuments, roads, planets.

e.g. :India,UttarPrradesh,Kanpur,Taj Mahal,Arya Nagear,Mars,Jupiter.

d)The pronoun ‘I’ is always written with a capital letter.

C)After an Exclamation mark and a question mark, we begin with a capital letter.