Punctuation

We use the full stop at the end of a sentence. Punctuation (.) Full stop She is lucky. We use the full stop at the end of a sentence.

e-mail addresses we say “dot”. Punctuation (.) Dot www.wikispace.com margahomework@gmail.com For website and e-mail addresses we say “dot”.

Punctuation (,) Comma I went to the shops, and then I went to the swimming pool. I bought a computer, two televisions and a pencil. We use the comma for pauses in sentences, or for lists of things.

Punctuation (,) Comma My sister Mary, who lives in Paris, is a pharmacist. We use the comma in non-defining relative clauses.

She said, “I never do that!” We use the comma before quoting someone. Punctuation (,) Comma She said, “I never do that!” We use the comma before quoting someone.

Punctuation (;) Semicolon You must come to the show; you’ll love it. This is used to mark a pause between two ideas that are connected.

We use the colon to start a list of something. Punctuation (:) Colon There are two reasons: firstly, I never liked him; and secondly, I don’t like the time. We use the colon to start a list of something.

We use this at the end of a question. Punctuation (?) Question mark What time is it? We use this at the end of a question.

We use this to show surprise / anger, etc. Punctuation (!) Exclamation mark Be quiet! We use this to show surprise / anger, etc.

We use the apostrophe with contractions and the genitive. Punctuation (‘) Apostrophe I’m Peter’s sister. We use the apostrophe with contractions and the genitive.

Punctuation (“ “) Inverted commas Speech marks Quotation marks “To be, or not to be. That is the question.” We often use these for quotes.

She wasn’t too happy about it all - but that doesn’t matter. Punctuation (- -) Dash She wasn’t too happy about it all - but that doesn’t matter. We often use the dash in informal styles to add a bit of extra information at the end of a sentence.

Punctuation (-) Hyphen co-worker eating-time This is similar to dash but much shorter. It is used to join two words together.

Hyphens are often used in website or Punctuation (-) Hyphen www.john-smith.com john-smith@.com Hyphens are often used in website or e-mail addresses.

Punctuation ( ) Brackets Mary (Peter’s sister) is coming tonight. We use brackets to add additional information inside a sentence.

This is often used in Internet addresses. Punctuation (/) Slash www.eTwinning/project.com This is often used in Internet addresses.

e-mail and website addresses. Punctuation ( _ ) Underscore www.john_smith.com john_smith@.com This is also used in e-mail and website addresses.

Punctuation ABCDEFG Capitals Where is Mary from? Spain. We use them at the beginning of a sentence, for days, months, seasons, cities, countries, nationalities,…

E-mail and website adresses “double u, double u, double u” Punctuation WWW @ E-mail and website adresses www.wikispace.com margahomework@gmail.com “double u, double u, double u” @ = “at”

Marga Renedo Gómez