English Grammar

Punctuation | Definition, Example, Importance, Usage, and List

What does communication mean in our daily life? Vital, Right? But the thing is, is the right communication possible without “punctuation”?

But what is punctuation? Let’s learn together. What is punctuation, its definition, examples, list, and worksheet.

What is punctuation?

It is a system designed to use specific symbols in writing to clarify meaning by separating content. Punctuation is vital to give a clear impact on the content, otherwise, the content looks wordy and is unable to understand.

Definition:

Punctuation is a phenomenon of splitting clauses and sentences to give a clearer meaning to the sentence. Punctuation tells the reader to pause, break, or continue a sentence. Examples include period, comma,

Example Sentences:

The following sentences give examples of the many different punctuation marks that we use:

  • My cat, Rosie, is ill
  • If you ever get in trouble, whom you will ask for help?
  • My mentor once said, You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated.”
  • Hooray! I got the first position
  • Where are you going?

A to Z list of punctuation marks:

Here is the list of punctuation marks in English grammar.

  • Ampersand
  • Angle brackets
  • Apostrophe
  • Asterisk
  • At symbol
  • Backslash
  • Bullet point
  • Caret symbol
  • Colon
  • Comma
  • Curly brackets
  • Ellipses
  • Em dash
  • En dash
  • Exclamation point
  • Hyphen
  • Parentheses
  • Period
  • Pipe symbol
  • Pound symbol
  • Question mark
  • Quotation marks
  • Semicolon
  • Slash
  • Square brackets
  • Tilde

Worksheet on Punctuations:

Indicate the correctly punctuated sentence.

A) She asked, “Where is he going”?

B) She asked “Where is he going?”

C) She asked, “Where is he going?”

D) She asked, “where is he going”.

Question 2:

Indicate the correctly punctuated sentence.

A) I need to purchase, candies, milk and bread.

B) I need to purchase candies, milk, sugar and bread.

C) I need to buy eggs, milk and, bread.

D) I need to buy sugar eggs milk, and bread.

 

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