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went to central
park last july.
on sunday, i will
see the movie
star wars and eat
at taco bell.
PUNCTUATION
MARKS
Read the sentences aloud
while applying the different
sounds (punctuation marks)
that you heard a while ago.
She bought
milk, eggs, and
bread.
Where are we
going?
She said,
"Let us eat.”
It is cold!
Punctuation marks are
symbols that are used to
aid the clarity and
comprehension of written
language.
Period
The period is
placed at the
end of
declarative
sentences.
EXAMPLES
1. Biology is the
natural science that
studies life and living
organisms.
2. Chemistry is the branch
of science that deals with
chemical elements and
compounds, and how these
things work together and
change.
Comma
The comma is used
to show a
separation of ideas
or elements within
the structure of a
sentence.
EXAMPLES
1. Math is the science of
numbers and their operations,
interrelations, combinations,
generalizations, and
abstractions.
2. Geometry is a branch of
mathematics that deals with
the measurement,
properties, and relationships
of points, lines, angles,
surfaces, and solids.
Question Mark
Use a question
mark to indicate a
direct question
when placed at
the end of a
sentence.
EXAMPLES
1. What is
Mathematics?
2. How should we
learn
Mathematics?
Exclamation Mark
The exclamation
point is used when
a person wants to
express a sudden
outcry.
EXAMPLES
1. I really hate solving
mathematical
problems!
2. Very impressive!
Carlo learned how
to sew a shirt in
T.L.E..
Quotation Mark
Quotations marks (“ ”)
are a pair of
punctuation marks used
primarily to mark the
beginning and end of a
passage attributed to
another and repeated
word for word.
EXAMPLES
For example:
Please pack my anthologies on
short stories, poetry, and
Shakespearean plays; my
biographies on Jackie Kennedy,
Charles Stuart, and Queen
Elizabeth; and my historical
romance novels by Nora Roberts,
Jude Devereux, and Diana
Gabaldon.
Colon
A colon is a sign
that used to
mark a major
division in a
sentence.
The first is after a word
introducing a quotation,
an explanation, an
example, or a series.
EXAMPLES
1. He was planning to
study four subjects:
politics, philosophy,
sociology and economics.
The second is between
independent clauses, when
the second explains the
first, similar to a
semicolon.
2. Math is such a hard
subject: if you don't
follow the rules, you
can't find the answer!
5. The Apostrophe
An apostrophe (') is
used to indicate the
omission of a letter or
letters from a word,
the possessive case, or
the plurals of
lowercase letters.
EXAMPLE
Brackets, braces
and parentheses
are symbols used
to contain words
that are a further
explanation or
are considered a
group.
EXAMPLE
For example:
She gave him her answer — No!
12. Slash