1. Capitalization and
Punctuation
English Comprehension
& Composition
Course Supervisor
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Ayyaz Qadeer

2. Why?
Writers use capital letters
and punctuation marks to
help the reader better
understand what is written.
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3. Capital Letters
All sentences begin with
capital letters.
W e enjoyed reading the book.
T hose girls finished cleaning
the counter.
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4. Capital Letters
Proper nouns begin with
capital letters.
M rs. C lark asked if A my
would help.
U ncle R ob took us to T exas.
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5. Capital Letters
The pronoun
capitalized.
I is always
I don’t need your help.
My aunt and I picked up the
papers.
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6. Capital Letters
 A capital letter begins the first, last,
and any important word in the title
of a book, magazine, song, movie,
poem, or other work.
Read the last chapter of T om
S awyer.
She saw S now W hite when she was
five years old.
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7. Punctuation: Period
A complete sentence that
makes a statement ends with a
period.
It’s your birthday. You blow out
the candle.
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8. Punctuation: Period
Most abbreviations end
with a period.
Dr. Howard lives on Oak Rd.
near St. Mary’s Hospital.
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9. Punctuation: Question
Mark
A question ends with a
question mark.
When will you be finished?
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10. Punctuation: Exclamation
Mark
A statement expression
strong feeling or excitement
ends with an exclamation
mark.
What a beautiful day it is!
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11. Punctuation: Comma
A comma separates things
in a series.
I ate pizza, a burger, and
ice cream.
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12. Punctuation: Comma
A comma comes before the
conjunction that compounds
independent clauses.
She finished her work, and
then she went to bed.
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13. Punctuation: Comma
A comma separates an
interruption from the rest of
the sentence.
Mr. Walker, our teacher,
was happy.
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14. Punctuation: Comma
A comma separates quoted
words from the rest of the
sentence.
“I wanted to go”, she
remarked.
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15. Punctuation: Comma
A comma separates items in
an address or date.
Miami, Florida
January 6, 2003
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16. Punctuation: Colon
A colon shows the
reader that a list or
explanation follows.
I will need the following
items: scissors,
paper, glue, and paint.
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17. Punctuation: Quotation
Marks
Quotation marks are used
to identify the exact words
of a speaker .
President Bush said, “ We
will not tire, we will not
falter, and we will not
fail.”
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18. HOME TASK
HANDOUTS GIVEN
SADIQ UR REHMAN
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19. BEST OF LUCK
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