5. PUNCTUATION MARKS
-are symbols that are used to aid the clarity and
comprehension of written language
-Some common punctuation marks are the period,
comma, question mark, exclamation point, apostrophe,
colon, semi-colon, and quotation mark.
6.
7. 1. Sheila wants to go to Paris, France this
April 2, 2016.
2. Do you want to build a snowman?
3. “God is watching us,” the leader said.
8. PUNCTUATION RULES (Additional info)
Quotation Marks (“ “)
•newspaper articles, titles of poems, stories, books, songs, etc.
•I like the song “Flashlight” by Jessie J.
Comma (,)
•a city and a state (Cebu City, Philippines)
•the date from the year (February 6, 2016)
•the greeting and closing of a letter (Dear Mom,)
•two adjectives that tell about the same noun (Eric is a clever, smart boy.)
9. PUNCTUATION RULES (Additional info)
Colon (:)
•after a salutation of a business letter
Dear Ms. Matthews:
•Between numerals indicating time
Meet me at the park at 12:35.
Semi-colon (;)
to join phrases and sentences that are linked without having to use a conjunction
I like your brother; he's a good friend.
10. PUNCTUATION RULES (Additional info)
Apostrophe (‘)
When there is one owner, add an apostrophe first, and then add an s
The cat’s dish is empty.
When there is more than one owner, add an s first and an apostrophe
All of the cats’ dishes were empty.
Put two words together to make a contraction
He’s
We’ll
Can’t
17. ASSIGNMENT
Directions:
On your English notebook, rewrite the memory
verse below which has no punctuation marks. Make
sure to follow the punctuation rules. (20 points).
18. •Genesis 1 26 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Then God said Let us make man in our image according
to our likeness and let them rule over the fish of the
sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle
and over all the earth and over every creeping thing
that creeps on the earth