Punjab State Board PSEB 6th Class English Book Solutions English Vocabulary Punctuation Exercise Questions and Answers, Notes.
PSEB 6th Class English Vocabulary Punctuation
Punctuation means putting full stops, commas, question marks etc. into a piece of writing. Punctuation helps to clarify the meaning of the sentence or passage.
लिखते समय उचित विराम चिन्हों, अर्थात् full stops (.), commas (,), question marks (?) आदि का प्रयोग करना Punctuation कहलाता है। ये चिन्ह वाक्य अथवा लेख के अर्थ को स्पष्ट करने में सहायता करते हैं।
The important Marks of Punctuation are-
- Full Stop (.)
- Comma (,)
- Question Mark (?)
- Exclamation Mark (!)
- Apostrophe (’)
- Quotation Mark (“ ”)
1. Full Stop is used:
to make the end of an assertive or imperative sentence; as-
1. The children are laughing.
2. Don’t run after the dog.
→ to make abbreviations and initials; as-
Sat. Dec. Ltd. Mr. A. Chandra
M.A. M.L.A. M.P. Mrs. N. Roy
2. Comma is used:
→ to separate words from each other; as-
1. His sister is a tall, lovely mid gentle girl.
2. She has pens, pencils, notebooks and books.
3. He did his homework neatly, quickly and correctly.
Note : A comma is generally not used before and.
→ to separate a reporting verb from the reported speech.
1. She says, “I like my school very much.
2. The saint said, “God is good and gracious.
3. Question Mark is used:
→ after a direct question; as-
1. What is your name ?
2. Have you got a car ?
→ after a tag question; as-
1. She is happy; isn’t she ?
2. He didn’t go to school, did he ?
4. Exclamation Mark is used:
→ after expressions of surprise or strong feeling.
1. How hot it is !
2. What a lovely rose !
→ after an inteijection; as-
1. O !
2. Oh !
3. Alas !
4. Hurray !
5. Pooh !
5. Apostrophe (a raised comma) is used:
→ to show that some letters or numbers have been omitted; as-
1. I’m = I am.
2. hasn’t = has not
3. ’tis = it is
4. don’t = do not
→ to show the possessive form of nouns; as-
1. man’s hat
2. girls’ hostel
3. Principal’s office
4. Mohan’s bag.
6. Quotation Marks are used:
→ to show the actual words of a speaker; as-
1. The teacher said, “Stop writing.”
2. “I can’t help you,” said my friend.
→ to show the titles of songs, poems, books, magazines, etc.
1. “The Blind Beggar” is a beautiful poem.
2. Do you read ‘The Hindustan Times’ daily ?
Note : (i) Quotation Marks are also called Inverted Commas.
(ii) In place of double commas, we can use single commas also.
7. Capital letters are used in the following cases:
1. The first letter of the first word of a sentence.
2. The speech in inverted commas begins with a capital letter.
3. The pronoun ‘P is always written in the capital form.
4. All Proper Nouns begin with a capital letter.
(Manpreet, Punjab, the Gita, the Himalayas, etc.)
Exercises (Solved)
I. Punctuate the following sentences using capital letters where necessary:
1. Shes a good dancer
2. is neeru a good dancer
3. isn’t richa a good dancer
4. madhus sister isnt a good dancer
5. richa said madhu is a good dancer
6. preeti is a good dancer said richas sister
7. what are the children doing there in the street
8. they are pulling the little dogs tail and the dog is crying
Answer:
1. She’s a good dancer.
2. Is Neeru a good dancer ?
3. Isn’t Richa a good dancer ?
4. Madhu’s sister isn’t a good dancer.
5. Richa said,“ Madhu is a good dancer.”
6. ‘‘Preeti is a good dancer,” said Richa’s sister.
7. What are the children doing there in the street ?
8. They are pulling the little dog’s tail, and the dog is crying.
II. Punctuate the following sentences using capital letters where necessary:
1. do you have a pet
2. the ladys purse was stolen
3. mrs Indu jain taught us hindi
4. this is our classroom said tony
5. what a great man gandhiji was
6. reema will sing a song said neha
7. well you may go and play outside
8. j c bose was a famous indian scientist
Answer:
1. Do you have a pet ?
2. The lady’s purse was stolen.
3. Mrs. Indu Jain taught us Hindi.
4. ‘‘This is our classroom,” said Tony.
5. What a great man Gandhiji was !
6. ‘‘Reema will sing a song,” said Neha.
7. Well ! you may go and play outside.
8. J.C. Bose was a famous Indian scientist.