Group 6:
1. Mu'adz Abdul Basith
2. Nur Ariska Rifqianah
3. Nurul Afidah
4. Rifka Arif Syahroni
Why do we need punctuation?
Punctuation allows the authors writing to be easy to
read and understandable for the reader.
Types of Punctuation
Period Comma Colon
Question Quotation Exclamation
Mark Marks Point
Parenthesis Apostrophe
Period
Rule:
1. Use at the end of a complete sentence.
Example: I went to the store for groceries.
2. Use at the end of an indirect question.
Example: He asked where the juice was.
Comma
Rule:
1. Use a comma to separate words or items in a list.
Example: She has two dogs, three cats, one bird, and five fish in
her house.
2. Use a comma to separate a city from its state.
Example: I am from Jakarta, Indonesia.
3. Use a comma to separate the day of the month from
the year.
Example: He was born on August 4 th , 1990.
4. Use a comma to separate two adjectives (describing words) when the
,
word and can be inserted between them.
Example: She was a young, beautiful dog.
Question Mark
Rule:
1. Use a question mark only after a direct question.
Example: Will you come over after school?
Exclamation Point
Rule:
1. Use the exclamation point to show emphasis or
excitement.
Example: Summer is in three months!
Quotation Marks
Rule:
1. Use quotation marks to set off a direct quotation.
Example:“What is your favorite color?” she asked.
2. Periods and commas always go inside quotation marks.
Example: “I don’t want to go to school today,” Alan said.
Colon
Rule:
1. Use the colon after a complete sentence to
introduce a list of items.
Example: On my trip I will bring: clothes, a pillow, a
sleeping bag, a toothbrush, and my teddy bear.
2. Use the colon after the greeting of the person’s
name in a business letter.
Example: Dear Mr. Smith:
Parenthesis
Rule:
1. Use parenthesis to enclose words or figures that
clarify or are used as an aside.
Example: He received one hundred and fifty points
(150)on his math project.
Apostrophe
Rule:
1. Use the apostrophe to show possession. Place the
apostrophe before the s.
Example: They found Ms. Connor’s gloves.
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Test Your Knowledge
After reading the example, place the proper
punctuation in the blank.
Practice
1. The teacher asked him to sit next to her
Answer choice
2. They don t have school on Saturday. Quotation
mark
3. She was born on April 30th 990. Comma
4. Dear Mrs. White Apostrophe
Period
5. I don’t feel welltoday, Adam said. colon
Practice
1. I pulled my own tooth out
2. He has two note books three books four
pencils one box of crayons and
one eraser in his desk.
3. They helped color Katie s project.
4. I ate four brownies today
5. Will you be my partner during gym time
Answer choice
Apostrophe
Period
Comma
Question mark
Exclamation point