Grade 7 English: Punctuation Workbook

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Description

A workbook that provides practice in using punctuation correctly.

Sujets

• Littérature Sud-Africaine
• Littérature sud-africaine
• Collège
• Secondary education in France
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• Collège
• Collège
• Post-primaire

Informations

• Publié par: Netsport
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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English

Punctuationworkbook

Grade 7

Full Stop, Exclamation, Question mark

Full stop/Period: At the end of a sentence, usually the end of statement. Also used at the end of abbreviations, for example Mrs. Exclamation mark: Use!to show strong emotion, for example surprise, fright, a command, anger, excitement. Question mark: Use?when a question is asked. Lookout for these words at the beginning of a sentence:May, Can, Will, Is, Was, Were, Are, Am, Why, What, How, When, Where, Does, Do, At what…

Capital Letters

Beginning of a sentence and after a period/full stop:every sentence starts with a Capital letter.

Proper nouns:special namesof people, places, books, magazines, towns, countries, days of the week, months, films, planets, brands, company names, races, nationalities, religions, special occasions, street names etc.—always start with a Capital letter.

Proper adjectives: using a proper noun as an adjective, for exampleGreek salad,Americanpie.

Relatives family names: when used without their proper name, for exampleWe visitedGrandmotherat the hotel,butWe visited grandmotherGwenat the hotel. Titles and abbreviations of titles:Professor Smith is our neighbour.OrProf. Smith is our neighbour.(Only use a full stop after the abbreviation, if the title and the abbreviation does not end on the same letter.)

Exception:Occupations are not capitalised:We went to doctorJameswhen I had a cold.

Remember: Book titles/film titles: all important words and the first word start with a Capital letter, for exampleThe Boy in the DressorThe Happy Cricket and the Giant Bugs

Direct speech: The first word in direct speech is capitalised, for exampleSusan said: “Thatis a beautifulpicture.”

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