Punctuation

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When do we use Capital letters?

Use of Captial Letters

Use a capital letter for proper nouns ( Places, people with names, Titles and for the personal pronoun "I"

At the beginning of a NEW sentence

(UK)  /  period (U.S.)

Full Stop ( period)

At the end of a statement – declarative sentence

My dog loves the postman.

To signal the end of a thought.

At the end of a command with mild forcefulness

Please leave the room.

I wish he were here.

Julia ran with a speed that was as fast as lightening not caring where she was going suddenly she stopped

place a full stop to create 2 sentences

seeking information

signal the end of a thought

to express a lot of emotion

rhetorical question

at the end of a statement

a command

a sudden order

https:

"You went shopping and bought...."
write a sentence in which you name a list of 4 items using the correct punctuation.

and, or, but are known as conjunctions.

When these words  join two 'stand-alone' sentences, a comma is placed before it.

In which sentence does a comma go and where?
I love cake but I hate chocolate
I love cake but hate chocolate

Quotation Marks

the exatct words spoken

 

6. Give a quotation from the passage which shows Joanna was not frightened by the dragon during the meeting

"Listen to me so you don't get lost" said Mr Smith

Sara whispered "Don't go too far at night."

I've been exploring he said. Have you? said the little boy
add the quotation marks and a comma in the correct places

i took a taxi on times square and paid a visit to mrs smith she was waiting for her son john so i sat down beside her

! and ?

He shouted, "Do you love me?!"

Now re-read your story and check all the punctuation