Punctuation - Book I Part I English

Punctuation Practice for Part I English

Topic: Punctuation

Note. 1

Use Blue Marker for all Capital letters.

Black Pointer for Punctuation Marks.

Blue Pointer or Ballpoint for normal writing.

Note. 2

Reported Speech:

"I'm not selling anything."

Reporting Speech:

Mr. Steward said.

Writer's line:   

It was getting dark.

Note. 3

First Person:

I, my, me, we, our, us

Second Person:

You, your, you

Third Person:

he, she, it, they, Name

Combination of Present and Past Tense in Punctuation

Punctuation Practice Test No. 1

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Punctuation Marks with Examples:

1. Capital Letter: Norma Mr. Steward The package P.M Lenox Hill Hospital

He removed his hat and Norma opened the door.

2. Full Stop [.] It was just getting dark.

3. Comma[,]
   Norma picked it up, unlocked the door, and went into the apartment.

She sat in the living room, looking out the window.

“I think you’d better leave," Arthur said, standing.

a nicer apartment, nicer furniture, nicer clothes, a car.

“Norma, no.” His face was white.

4. Double Inverted comma[“  ”]

“It won’t take long to explain,” replied Mr. Steward. “May I come in?”

5. Single Inverted comma[‘]

Mr Steward shook his head. “I’m not.”

6. Hyphen[-]

_  a cube-shaped carton, a push-button,  paper scotch-taped

7. Dash[__] __ a cube-shaped carton

“Oh, the __ Arthur pointed toward the living room and smiled.

8. Sign of Interrogation[?] Mr Steward asked, “May I come in?”

9. Apostrophe[‘s] Mr. Steward’s tone had been offensive.

10. Colon[:] She pulled it off: “Mr. Steward will call on you at 8:00 P.M”

11. Semi-colon[;] It wasn’t her voice shrieking so; it couldn’t be.

12. Single of Exclamation[!] 

“What average people would do under such circumstances!”

"See that, Jess!" he shouted.

“You said I wouldn’t know the one that died!”

"What a nice suit!"

Six Basics Rules for Verb Correction

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