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Punctution English

The presentation discusses various punctuation marks including their definitions, rules for use, and examples. It begins with an introduction to punctuation and why it is necessary. The main types of punctuation marks covered are the period, comma, colon, question mark, parenthesis, exclamation mark, semi-colon, hyphen, and apostrophe. For each type of punctuation, the rules for use and examples are provided. The presentation concludes with a question session to review the covered material.

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Punctution English

The presentation discusses various punctuation marks including their definitions, rules for use, and examples. It begins with an introduction to punctuation and why it is necessary. The main types of punctuation marks covered are the period, comma, colon, question mark, parenthesis, exclamation mark, semi-colon, hyphen, and apostrophe. For each type of punctuation, the rules for use and examples are provided. The presentation concludes with a question session to review the covered material.

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PRESENTATION

Topic : Punctuation Marks


Submitted to: ?
Subject: English
Group A
OBECTIVES
• Introduction of topic
• Why Punctuation necessary
• Types of Punctuation
• Review
• Question Session
INTRO OF PUNCTUATION
Definition…
The manners in which an ongoing communicate process
and/or interaction sequence is punctuated determines the meaning
attributed to it and how each person’s behavior will be evaluated,
that is, who is responsible or “guilty,” and how one decides to react.

Example..
1. Are you going ?
2. I m going .
3. He has two notebooks , three books and four pencils .
WHY WE USE PUNCTUATION MARKS?
Why we use Punctuation
Marks?
Punctuation is the system of sign or Symbols allows
the authors written to be easy way to read and
understandable for the reader.
Basic types of Punctuation Marks
 Period
 COMMA
 COLON
 Question Mark
 PARENTHESIS
 EXCLAMATION
 SEMI COLON
 HYPHEN
 Apostrophe
PERIOD
Rule to use period
Use at the end of a complete sentence
and also use at the end of an indirect question,
Abbreviation, websites (URL).

Example.
• He went to school.
• He asked where the milk was.
Commas
• We need commas to separate items,
Words, city from state, date in a list.
Example…
• I have two pens, one register and a
file cover.
• He live in Australia, America.
• He died June 24th, 1998.
Any other reason for
commas?

• We also use commas to separate


clauses in complex sentences.
• The boy was playing with a
football, which had been signed by
Wayne Rooney.
WHERE WE USE COMMA?

• Use a comma after a dependent clause that starts a sentence.


Example: “when I went running, I saw a duck.”
• A dependent clause is a Grammatical unit that contains both subject and verb but cannot stand
on its own, Like
Example: “when I went running…”commas always follow these clauses at the start of a
sentence.”
COLON :
Rule to use colon
use a colon after a complete sentence to
introduce the list of items and also use it after the greeting
of the person’s name in business letter.
Example…
• Rasheed was so hungry he ate everything in the
house: chips, cold, pizza, peanut butter and
candy.
• Dear Mr. Khan:
• I had a rough weekend: I had chest pain and
spent all Saturday and Sunday in the emergency
room.
Question Mark
Rule to use Question mark
it is used at the end of direct
Questions.

The question mark has a very simple


function in writing — it indicates a question
Example…
• How are you ?
• What is time ?
• Are you single ?
Direct questions within a sentence
• “What are we having for dinner?” his son asked.
• Would they make it on time? she wondered
Requests
• Would you please send this report to the person indicated on
the cover ?
• Can you please help me with this question?
PARENTHESIS ()
Rule to use the Parenthesis
it use when you are giving an
additional information in any sentence and
abbreviation, district mention, date mention in a
sentences.
Example…
• He received one hundred and fifty points
(150) on his math project.
• Fatima (8 years –old) is a little girl who goes
to school with his brother.
• She was really worried.(although her dad
gave her permission). She had to convince
her mother and had to pack her things.
EXCLAMATION MARK
Rule to use Exclamation !
use it to show your extreme situation.

Example…
• Summer is in three months !
• Hurrah! She purposed me.
• “shut up!” she shouted.
SEMI COLON ;
Rule to use semi colon
it is use to join two or more ideas/parts in a
sentences. Those ideas are then given equal position
or rank.
Example…
• I have a big test tomorrow; I cannot go outside
tonight.
• Ali got late; there was a storm on his way.
HYPHEN _
Rule to use Hyphen
it use to join words and to separate syllables of
a single word.it shows relation.
Example…
• Quid-e-Azam- the liberator
• Eighty-one (Tab)
It also shows continuity.
• Co-education
• Pre-examination
Apostrophe (’)
The apostrophe ( ' or ' ) character is a
punctuation mark, it is a Latin alphabet. In English it is
used for several purposes: The marking of the omission of
one or more letters (as in the contraction of do not to
don't).

EXAMPLE…
The dog’s tail wagged rapidly.
Yesterday’s weather was dreadful.
See also it's or its?
Apostrophes showing omission
An apostrophe can be used to show that letters or
numbers have been omitted. Here are some examples of
apostrophes that indicate missing letters:
I’m - short for I am
he’ll - short for he will
she’d – short for she had or she would
pick ’n’ mix - short for pick and mix
it’s hot - short for it is hot
didn’t - short for did not
SLASH: (/)
A slash or slant or solidus or virgule [ / ] (take your pick
of names) is used to indicate a choice between the
words it separates.
There are two types of slashes: a backslash (\) and a forward slash (/). The
backslash is used only for computer coding. The forward slash, often simply
referred to as a slash, is a punctuation mark used in English.

EXAMPLE…
When leaving the classroom, the teacher noticed that a
student had left his/her backpack.

Burgers or pizza for dinner? Yeah, either/or is fine with


me.
To Form Abbreviations
Slashes can also be used to form some abbreviations or
shortened forms of words or phrases, although these
shouldn’t be used in formal writing.

w/o = without = with c/o = care of (used when posting a letter


or parcel) a/c = air conditioning
Notice that in these cases, no space is necessary after the
slash.
REVIEW
PUNCTUATION
AND
TYPES
QUESTION SESSION

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