This document provides a summary of punctuation marks and their usage. It discusses full stops, commas, marks of exclamation, marks of interrogation, apostrophes, colons, semi-colons, inverted commas, and capitalization. For each punctuation mark, examples are given of their proper usage. The document serves as a reference for the names and purposes of basic punctuation marks in the English language.

1. Presented
by :
Lokamruth K.R

2. Sl No. TITLE Pg. no
1) Punctuation 1
2) Full stop 2-3
3) Comma 4
4) Mark of exclamation 5
5) Mark of Interrogation 6
6) Apostrophe 7
7) Colon 8
8) Semi-colon 9
9) Inverted commas 10
10) Capitalization 11
11) All punctuation and their
names
12
12) Acknowledgement 13

3. Punctuation:-
Punctuation marks are used to make sentences
clear, concise and different from another part of a
longer sentence.
The table below gives the different punctuation
marks.
Punctuation Punctuation marks
Full Stop .
Comma ,
Mark of exclamation !
Mark of
Interrogation
?
Inverted commas “ ”
Apostrophe ‘
Colon :
Semi-colon ;

4. Full stop ( . )
Usage of Full stop:-
We use full stop after the end of a sentence.
Full stop is also used to separate hours from minutes.
Short forms and abbreviations also take full stop.
Ex:-
1) I wake up early every day.
2) I come to school at 8.00 am.
3) My brother is an I.A.S officer.
4) Mr. Sinha is a doctor.

5. Comma ( , )
Usage of Comma :-
Comma is used before or after an apposition.
Ex:- Master Bharath, my classmate, is good in nature.
We use comma to separate things.
Ex:- He bought books, pens, pencils and rubbers.
We use comma when separating participate.
Ex:- Having finished his lecture, Dr. mishra asked for a cup
of tea.
We use comma to separate clauses.
Ex:- if you want to succeed, work hard.
It marks short pauses.
Ex;- He, came, he saw, he conquered
Commas are also used to separate date & month from
year.
Ex:- I was born in September, 1996

6. Look at some other uses of comma :
Between names and titles and degrees comma is a must
Ex:- Dr. Sebastian , F.R.C.S.
In the salutation & complimentary close of letters, comma
is used.
Ex:- Dear brother, yours lovingly.
In addresses & locations, comma separates street ?
Roads, towns & names of state etc.
Ex:- 34/3, Paschim Marg, Pilani, Rajastan.
Commas are also used with sentences linkers, such as;
Ex:- Moreover, I will accompany you to the movie.
Remember : No ‘commas’ are used when ‘too’ is used as an
adverb of degree.
Ex:-
He is too weak to walk
The news is too good to be true

7. Mark of exclamation is used to show sudden emotions of
joy, sorrow, anger of surprise, etc.
Ex:-
1. Hurrah! We have won the match.
2. Alas ! I am undone.
3. Ah! He died so young.

8. Mark of Interrogation ( ? )
Mark of interrogation is used to ask questions
and to confirm some statements.
Ex:-
1. Do you enjoy reading grammar ?
2. How do you do ?
3. You want him to see me ?
4. I am a teacher, aren’t I ? (Confirmation)

9. Apostrophe ( ‘ )
Uses of Apostrophe :-
Apostrophe is used to show possession.
Ex:-Men’s Tailor, Teacher’s Quarters, Baconn’s Essay’s
Sometimes it is also used to show contracted forms or
omission of letters or numerals.
Ex:-Ma’am (for Madam)
Don’t (for Do not)
Apostrophe is also used with some proper names which
end in ‘s’ and in the possessive form of plural nouns.
Ex:- Boys’ performance
Scholars’ views.

10. Colon is used to indicate additional explanation.
It introduces a quotation and also a series of
clauses.
Ex:- Some famous romantic poets are :
Wordsworth, Shelly, Keats, Marvel and Blake.
Wordsworth says: Child is the father of Man.

11. Semi colon ( ; )
Uses of Semi colon :-
Semi colon is used when we require a greater
pause than required by a comma.
Ex:- Reading make the full man; speaking a ready
man; writing an exact man.
Usually a semi colon separates clauses and
longer constructions.
Ex :- Wise man learn by other men’s mistakes;
fools by their own.

12. INVERTED COMMAS (“ ”)
Inverted commas are used to mark off
the actual words used by the speaker.
Ex:- Keats said, “A thing of beauty is a
joy forever”.
The teacher said, “The earth is round”.
Remember : Sentences in direct
narration are put under inverted
commas.

13. Usages of Capital letters:-
Capital letters are used with all proper nouns and
adjectives.
Ex:- Shakespeare’s plays are read by children and adult
both.
Every new sentence begins with a capital letter.
Ex:- Read more. Think most.
The names of books and famous lines of poetry also
start with capital letters.
Ex:- ‘Discovery of India’ is a great book

14. ALL PUNCTUATION
AND THEIR NAMES

15. I thank CHM, and teachers especially my
English Teacher Nasia mam for giving me a
opportunity to present this Presentation .
I also thank my friends, parents for
supporting and helping me from the
beginning of this presentation.