PUNCTUATION MARKS in ENGLISH
exercise #1
A. Choose the correct name of each punctuation mark symbol.
1. .
2. ?
3. !
4. …
5. ,
6. :
7. ;
8. ‘ ‘
9. “ “
10. ( )
11 [ ]
1 { }
1 –
. —
1 /
'
B. Write the symbol of each punctuation mark.
1. Slash
2. Em dash
3. En mash
4. Brackets
5. Full Stop or Period
6. Parenthesis
7. Double quotation mark
8. Exclamation mark
9. Semi colon
10. Ellipsis
C. Put the correct punctuation mark to use for each sentences.
1. My 2 year old Labrador Retriever is a sweet dog en dashes & period
2. I like to eat a big pizza
3. Pick up the blue ball from the floor
4. United States of America is abbreviated USA periods
5. www dictionary com periods
6. I like the colors of light green sea blue and baby pink commas & period
7. My father is a tough sweet man comma & period
8. Danna has a lovely black horse comma & period
9. My daughter was born on April 24 2014 comma & period
10. Dave will be travelling to Seoul Korea next year comma & period
11. Yes Teacher Honey I will finish my homework commas & period
12. Ben Carson MD comma
13. Finally I am finished with my work exclamation mark, comma, period
14. Yelena loves chocolates so I bought her Cadburry chocolates comma period
15. Please take good care of yourself said the doctor double quotation mark, comma, period
16. You like horses don’t you comma & question mark
17. Claig Teacher Honeys sweet student is going to be a wonderful judge someday comma, apostrophe, period
18. The puppy is cute but messy. comma & period
19. Dear John comma
20. Where is the gas station?
21. Does he likes apples?
22. Watch out!
23. Do not Enter!
D. Put the period in the correct position in this sentence
I visited my friend in the city She lives with her mom They rent an apartment on the south side of town We had a nice visit I hope I can return next year
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