Punctuation

Punctuation

(.) Full stop

She is lucky.We use the full

stop at the end of a sentence.

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(.) Dot

www.wikispace.com

margahomework@gmail.com

For website and e-mail addresses

we say “dot”.

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(,) Comma

I went to the shops, and then I went to the

swimming pool.I bought a computer, two televisions and a

pencil.

We use the comma for pauses in

sentences, or for lists of things.

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(,) Comma

My sister Mary, who lives in Paris, is a

pharmacist.

We use the comma in non-defining relative clauses.

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(,) Comma

She said, “I never do that!”

We use the comma before quoting

someone.

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(;)Semicolo

n

You must come to the show; you’ll

love it.

This is used to mark a pause

between two ideas that are

connected.

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(:) Colon

There are two reasons: firstly, I never liked him; and secondly, I

don’t like the time.

We use the colon to start a list of

something.

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(?) Question mark

What time is it?We use this at the end of a question.

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(!) Exclamation mark

Be quiet!We use this to show surprise /

anger, etc.

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(‘) Apostrophe

I’m Peter’s sister.

We use the apostrophe with contractions and

the genitive.

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(“ “)

Inverted commas

Speech marksQuotation

marks“To be, or not to be. That is the

question.”

We often use these for quotes.

Punctuation

(- -) Dash

She wasn’t too happy about it all -

but that doesn’t matter.

We often use the dash in informal

styles to add a bit of extra

information at the end of a sentence.

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(-) Hyphen

co-workereating-time

This is similar to dash but much

shorter. It is used to join

two words together.

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(-) Hyphen

www.john-smith.com

john-smith@.com

Hyphens are often used in website or e-mail addresses.

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( ) Brackets

Mary (Peter’s sister) is coming

tonight.

We use brackets to add additional

information inside a sentence.

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(/) Slash

www.eTwinning/project.com

This is often used in Internet addresses.

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( _ ) Underscore

www.john_smith.com

john_smith@.com

This is also used in e-mail and website

addresses.

Punctuation

ABCDEFG

Capitals

Where is Mary from?Spain.

We use them at the beginning of a sentence, for days, months, seasons, cities, countries, nationalities,…

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WWW@

E-mail and website adresses

www.wikispace.com

margahomework@gmail.com

“double u, double u, double u”

@ = “at”

Marga Renedo Gómez