This document provides instruction on various punctuation marks including periods, question marks, exclamation points, commas, colons, semicolons, apostrophes, quotation marks, ellipses, dashes, and parentheses. It includes examples of proper usage for each punctuation mark. There are also activities where the reader is asked to rewrite sentences correcting punctuation errors and write a short essay observing punctuation rules.

1. CHECKING OF
ATTENDANCE

2. Punctuation
Marks

3. ACTIVITY

4. Directions: Write the symbol of the
following punctuation marks.
1. Period 7. Apostrophe
2. Question Mark 8. Quotation Marks
3. Exclamation Point 9. Ellipsis
4. Comma 10. Dash
5. Colon 11. Parenthesis
6. Semicolon

6. Punctuation
Marks

7. PERIOD
1. Use a period at the end of a
declarative and imperative sentence.
Examples:
a. Colonel is a visionary leader and a man
of action.
b. Please give my letter to the kind lad
named Miko.
.

8. 2. Use a period rather than a question
mark after a courteous request even if the
sentence poses a question.
Examples:
a. Will you please give it today.
b. Can you please pass my payment.

9. 3. Use a period rather than a question
mark after an indirect question.
Example:
a. They are asking if you wish to go with
them.

10. 4. Use a period after abbreviations.
Examples:
Vs. Ms.
Amt. Mr.
No. Mrs.
Dept. Jr.
Engr. Sr.

11. QUESTIONMARK
1. Use a question mark at the
end of a direct question.
Example:
a. Are you planning for a picnic?
?

12. Exclamationpoint
1. Use the exclamation mark to end
exclamatory sentences.
Example:
a. What an awesome scene!
!

13. 2. Use an exclamation mark after
interjections.
Examples:
a. God! This is very painful.
b. Yehey!

14. 3. Use the exclamation mark after
commands specifying immediate action.
Example:
a. Run as fast as you can!

15. 4. Use an exclamation mark after an
interrogative sentence meant to be
exclamatory.
Example:
a. Why did you do that!

16. comma
1. Use a comma to set off an
appositive.
Example:
a. Captain Rabina, the epitome of an officer
and a gentleman, is a very caring leader.
,

17. 2. Use a comma to separate the name of a
city from the name of a province, or to
separate the day of the month from the year.
Examples:
a. My nephew was born on September 1,
2000.
b. He was born at Gamez Hospital,
Calamba City, Philippines.

18. 3. Use a comma to separate the
independent clauses of a compound
sentence.
Example:
a. I was elated after reading your letter,
but I would rather see you.

19. 4. Use a comma to separate words or
phrases that express contrast.
Example:
a. The Americans, not the Russians,
gained their trust.

20. 5. Use a comma to separate an
introductory word or phrase from the
rest of the sentence.
Examples:
a. Yes, I will be coming tomorrow.
b. Sometimes, I wonder what will happen
in the future.

21. 6. Use a comma after the salutation in an
informal letter.
Example:
a. Dearest Rose,
7. Use a comma to separate words that
indicate direct address.
Example:
a. Elijah, take care of my daughter.

22. 8. Use a comma to separate words and
phrases in a series.
Example:
a. The books include those written by such
authors as Newton, Einstein, Fermi, and
Ford.

23. 9. Use a comma to separate adjectives
which modify the same noun if the word
and can be substituted for the comma.
Example:
a. The greedy, fearsome beast was slain by
the hero.

24. 10. Use a comma to separate a name from
the words Jr., Sr., and others.
Example:
a. Jeffrey Duran, Jr. is conducting a
research.

25. 11. Use a comma when writing figures in
thousands, but not in street, room, and
telephone numbers.
Examples:
a. 1,028
1558 Mayon Street
536-1384 (telephone number)
Room 2129

26. 12. Use a comma to separate proper name
from an academic degree.
Example:
a. Cara Del Valle, LPT
13. Use a comma to set off direct
quotations.
Example:
a. “Watch the first plane,” Azi told me.

27. colon
1. Use a colon after a word, phrase,
or sentence that introduces a list or
a series.
Example:
a. The prerequisites for enrollment are:
high school diploma, school clearance,
letter from the high school principal,
and police clearance.
:

28. 2. Use a colon to indicate clock time,
unless the time indicated is exactly on
the hour.
Examples:
a. 10:20 am
b. 12 pm

29. 3. Use colon in biblical references to
separate the chapter from the verse.
Example:
a. Isaiah 12:2

30. 4. Use a colon after a salutation in a
formal letter.
Examples:
a. Engineer Ciprano:
b. To whom it may concern:

31. semicolon
1. Use a semicolon to separate two
long independent clauses that are
punctuated internally by commas.
Example:
a. She used to be a varsity player in soccer,
basketball, and swimming; but, she now
seemed lethargic and always drowsy.
;

32. 2. Use a semicolon before words such as
for example, for instance, namely, or
that is which introduce an example,
enumeration, or items in a series.
Example:
a. There were four speakers present
in the celebration; namely, Mr. Ron,
Mr. Prin, Mr. Leo, and Mr. Gino.

33. 3. Use a semicolon to clarify listings
where a comma is insufficient to separate
the items clearly.
Example:
a. The P.T.A. meeting was attended by
Dr. Villamor, principal; Mr. Ronco,
president; Mrs. Altoveros, secretary; and
Mr. Johan Lapis representing the
students.

34. apostrophe
1. Use the apostrophe to indicate the
possessive case of nouns.
Example:
a. Have you played with Cesar’s new tennis
racket?
’

35. 2. Use apostrophe to show a contraction.
Example:
a. It’s a sin to tell a lie.
3. Use the apostrophe to form the plural
of letters and symbols.
Example:
a. Sed is filling the paper with letter B’s.

36. 4. Use the apostrophe to denote the plural
of an abbreviation.
Example:
a. The V.I.P.’s have arrived.

37. Quotationmarks
1. Use quotation marks to
enclose the exact words of a
speaker or writer.
Examples:
a. “Do your parents drink wine?” He asked.
b. “Those who fail to plan, plan to fail,”
Benjamin Franklin stated.
”

38. 2. Use quotation marks to enclose the
titles of essays, chapters, stories, films,
etc.
Example:
a. Jonaxx is the author of “Until He Was
Gone.”

39. ellipsis
1. Use three periods to indicate
the omission of words from a quotation and
four periods when the omission comes at the
end of a quoted passage.
Example:
a. “Happy is the man who has not walked in the
counsel of the wicked ones… but his delight
is in the law of Jehovah....”
-Psalms 1:1-2
…

40. dash
1. Use a dash to give emphasis.
Example:
a. She deposited the money – our money –
in her personal bank account.
–

41. 2. Use a dash to mark limits between
dates, numbers, places, and times.
Example:
a. The dance hall is open from
9 p.m. – 2 a.m.

42. 3. Use a dash before or after a clause that
summarizes a series of words or phrases,
instead of a colon.
Example:
a. Love, joy, peace, kindness – these are
the fruits of the Holy Spirit.

43. parenthesis
1. Use parenthesis to separate
words, phrases, clauses, or
sentences which enclose material
that explains.
Example:
a. The boat sailed for five nautical miles
more (a nautical mile is about 6,000 feet)
before it sank.
( )

44. ACTIVITY

45. Directions: Rewrite each sentence,
correcting any errors in punctuation.
1. Please hand me that yellow towel?
2. Yikes. That pan is hot:
3. Who said that you could come with us.
4. Please bring these items with you, a
hammer, finishing nails, and an awl;

46. 5. Three of the rivers that flow into the
Mississippi are as follows; the Missouri, which
rises in Montana, the Ohio, which rises in
Pennsylvania, and the Red, which rises in
Texas?

47. 1. Please hand me that yellow towel.
2. Yikes! That pan is hot.
3. Who said that you could come with us?
4. Please bring these items with you: a
hammer, finishing nails, and an awl.
5. Three of the rivers that flow into the
Mississippi are as follows: the Missouri
which rises in Montana, the Ohio which rises
in Pennsylvania, and the Red which rises in
Texas.

48. ACTIVITY

49. Directions: On a half sheet of paper,
write a two-paragraph essay about the
importance of face-to-face classes.
Observe subject-verb agreement and
rules and correct punctuation marks in
writing.

50. THANK YOU!