Punctuation Marks
Are you acquainted with these marks?
. The period/full stop
? Note of interrogation
! Note of exclamation
, The comma
“ ” Quotation marks
′ Apostrophe
: Colon
; Semi colon
They are the most frequently used punctuation marks.
We are going to have a look on their usage in English sentences.
Full stop (.)
Full stop ব্যবহার করতে হয়:
- Assertive sentence এর পর।
Example: Rahul is reading now.
2. Imperative optative sentence এর পর।
Example: Don’t disturb him.
3. Optative sentence এর পর।
Example: May Allah help him make a brilliant result.
4. Abbreviation এর পর।
Mr. Selim is benevolent.
Note of interrogation (?)
Note of interrogation is used after:
- any type of question.
Examples: What made Mandela a world leader?
Hi friend, Are you busy now?
What are you doing?
You are walking? (over telephone)
3. something uncertain.
Example: Robertson (?) was an English writer.
Note of exclamation (!)
Note of exclamation can be used after:
- Exclamation in all forms.
Example: What a pity! How nice the flower is!
Excellent!
Snake!
2. Interjections.
Example: Bravo! Fie! Alas! Hurrah!
The comma (,)
The comma is a separator. We can use it to separate :
- The Subordinate clause from the main clause.
Example: When you are sick, you must see a doctor.
2. Prepositional phrase at the beginning.
Example: In 1971, we gained independence.
3. Items in a list.
Example: Salt, sugar, oil, rice and flour are daily necessaries.
4. reporting verb at the beginning from the reported speech after it.
Example: Feroz said to Selim, “How are you?”
5. The reported speech ending with full stop at the beginning from reporting verb after it.
Example: “I am very busy today,” said Ripon.
Quotation marks (“ ”)
We use quotation marks:
- to identify quotation in all forms.
Examples: “What is your name?” said the teacher.
Shakespeare wrote Hamlet. In this play, Hamlet utters a world famous soliloquy “To be or not to be that is the question.”
2. To mention the title of any writing.
Example: Dickens wrote “The great Expectations
Apostrophe
Apostrophe is used:
- To make a noun possessive.
Example: Mizan’s father is coming today.
2. To make contraction.
Example: I’ll be here until you’re back.
The colon (:)
used in writing, especially to introduce a list of things or a sentence or phrase taken from somewhere else .
We need three things: pen, paper and pencil.
To develop skills in English, We can:
i. read news paper. ii. listen to radio programmes. iii. watch English Films.
The semicolon (;)
- used in formal writing between two parts of a sentence, usually when each of the two parts could form grammatical sentences on their own.
Example: I am ok; I can walk on my own.
2. A semicolon can also separate the things in a list.
Example: You should take admit card; pen; pencil and scale in an examination hall.
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