2. Correct each sentences below
by putting the correct punctuation marks
1. would he go and see his grandfather
2. her grandparents uncles aunts cousins and friends
attended her twenty-first birthday party
3. every Sunday morning mrs lee and her son go to the
market to buy vegetables fruit and meat
4. mahani threw asmadis book out of the window in
anger
5. she looked at her watch and it showed 150 pm

3. Punctuate the following passage
PASSAGE 1:
alias shouted lucy quick call the teacher
mohammad has fallen into the monsoon drain
lucy went to call the teacher while alias and a
few others went to help mohammad alias dived
in and dragged mohammad out the others
cheered and congratulated him by this time the
teacher had arrived with a blanket and warm
water for mohammad

4. Use Capital Letters
(a) for the first letter of the first word in sentences
e.g. The horse neighs when if is excited.
(b)for names of people, places, holidag, dogs of the
week and months of the year
e.g Marimuthu, Malaysia, Deepavali, Tuesday, April
(c) “I, for the pronoun
e.g My mother market and I went to the
(d) When we begin a direct speech
e.g Gita said, “That zebra is a female zebra.”
(e)for titles of books, stories, songs and rhymes
e.g The Little Red Riding Hood.

5. We use a Full Stop (.)
(a) at the end of a sentence
e.g. The clock struck one.
(b) after initials
e.g. R.K. Subramaniam
(c) for abbreviations.
(month, time, measurements, distances, weight, subject)
e.g. Jan. Mon. p.m, a.m , km . Maths.
(d) for time (British English)
e.g. 1. 30p.m. 10.20a.m.

6. We use a Comma (,)
(a) to break up a long sentence
e.g. Every morning, Pak Isa drives to market,
buys vegetables and fish, and then goes home.
(b) to list items
e.g. Madam Wee went to the shop to bug pens,
pencils, erasers and rulers.
(c) in dialogues
e.g. She said, “Ali , don’t walk on the grass.”
Father said, “Take it out, Bob.”

7. We use the Apostrophe (‘)
(a) to show possession
e.g. Paul gave Tom’s book to his father.
(b) to replace letters which are left out in
short forms or contractions
e.g. He’s too far away to hear you.
(He’s — He is)
He doesn’t like to eat carrots.
(doesn’t — does not)
I’ll let you know when the time comes.
(I’ll — I will)

8. We use a question mark
at the end of a question ( ? )
e.g. Where did he go?
Do you want to join me?
What do you like to have for dinner ?

9. We use quotation marks ( “ “)
(a) to enclose words said by a person.
e.g. “Where did he find the book?” asked Helmi.
(b) to show names of books, movies etc.
e.g. We went to see “Titanic” last night

10. Exclamation mark. (!)
We use this at the end of a sentence that
expresses strong feelings such as anger, surprise
and happiness.
e.g. Wow ! Look at the caterpillar.
Oh no ! It is going to rain

11. We use a colon (:)
(a) to show a list of things.
e.g. Old MacDonald
had many animals in his farm: cows,
sheep, geese, chickens and ducks.
(b)to show the time (American system)
e.g. 1:30 p.m. 10:20 a.m.
(Note: In Malaysia, we follow the British
system and use the full stop for time.)
e.g 1.30 p.m. 10.20 a.m.