PUNCTUATION

PUNCTUATION

1. PERIOD

   • A period is used to note the end of a sentence.
     • "We come to school from Monday to Friday."

2. COMMAS

   • A comma is used to separate phrases or items in a list.
     • "Yesterday I had dinner at a restaurant. We ate burgers with French fries, salad, orange juice and onion rings".
     • "Last Sunday, there were nos lessons at school"

3. CAPITAL LETTERS

   • Capital letters are used at the beginning of sentences and for names of: places, people, months, holidays, days of the week, nationalities and titles.
     • Places: "I went to Miami last year"
       • Poeple: "My friend Mary is going to the hospital right now"
         • Months: "We went camping last January"
           • Holidays: "My sister is very romantic. She loves Valentine's Day"
             • Days of the week: "We have art lessons on Tuesdays"
               • Titles: "My favourite book is Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets"
                 • Nationalities: "I love eating Chinese food"

4. COLON

   • A colon is used before a list.
     • "I went to the supermakert to buy: milk, potatoes, cereals and carrots.