Punctuation | Educational Videos
Capital letters
We use capital letter in the following case:
1. To begin a sentence
2. For proper noun
3. For pronoun ‘I’
Common punctuation marks
Full Stop (.)
1. Full stop is used at the end statement or command sentence.
Example:
This is a red car. (Statement)
Come here. (Command)
2. Full stop is used at the end of abbreviations if the first and only a part of the word are used.
Example:
Captain (Capt.)
3. Full stop is not used in the abbreviations if the last letter of word is included in the abbreviations.( according to UK convention)
Example:
Doctor (Dr.)
Question Mark (?)
1. Question mark is used at the end of direct question.
Example:
Why are you sad? (Direct question)
2. Question mark is not used in case of indirect question.
Example:
I asked her why she was sad. (Indirect question)
Exclamation Mark (!)
An exclamation mark is usually used to show strong feelings such as surprise, anger or joy.
Example:
Well done!
Hurray! Tomorrow is a holiday.
Comma (,)
1. Comma is used to show a pause in a sentence.
Example:
Therefore, we should speak to the teacher on this matter.
2. Comma is used to separate words in a list of things.
Example:
I want to order pizza, burgers, soft drinks and lollipops.
3. Comma is used to show what someone has said.
Example:
“I hope he will be all right soon”, said Ravi
4. Comma is used after salutation.
Example:
Dear mam,
Apostrophe (‘)
1. Apostrophe is used to indicate possession of something.
Example:
This is Ravi’s house.
2. Apostrophe is used in contractions where letters have been omitted.
Example:
Don’t
