Punctuation

• It’s important to know the rules of English punctuation

when you write, as using the wrong punctuation may
lead to misunderstandings.
When to use a full stop
• 1. At the end of the sentence
Thank you for your letter.

• 2. After initials
Mr. G. Hoover.

• 3. As a decimal point
2.5%, $9.99.
When to use commas
• To separate items in a list:
We need coffee, tea, sugar and milk.

• After introductory phrases:

Unfortunately, I cannot send you the information.

• To show millions, thousands and hundreds:

5,890,281
10,050
When to use capital letters

•At the beginning of the sentence

It’s cold today.

•For the personal pronoun “I”

I live in a big city.
• Days of the week and months of the year
Wednesday, August 10th.

• Historical periods or events

The Russian Revolution
• For “proper nouns”
– names and titles: Sarah, Mr Stevens, Doctor Roberts
– places and countries: London, England,
– nationalities and languages: He is French, She
speaks Italian
– companies, products and brands: Microsoft, Coca Cola
– institutions: The Ashmolean Museum, The Department
of Trade
– religions and religious festivals: Christianity, Ramadan
– abbreviated names: The BBC
• For books, television and radio programmes,
newspapers and magazines
The Simpsons, The Times.

• Rivers, mountains and lakes and geographical

regions
The Amazon, The Middle East

• In addresses
Flat 2, 16 London Road.
When to use a colon
• To write the time
The 10:40 train to London is late.

• Between the title and subtitle of a book

• Shakespeare: The Complete Works
Don’t use Google translator all the time...
https://www.linguee.com.br/
https://www.englishexperts.com.br/
Use a monolingual dictionary:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/
https://www.grammarly.
com/grammar-check
1) Brainstorm words that you know
about the topic...
2) What do you want to say?
3) Build up sentences with the words you
know.
4) Look for more words that you need.
(Use Linguee, English Experts, Cambridge
dictionary, Macmillan...)
6) Put them in order:
7) Use Sequencers:
7) Use
8) Review your text.
If possible, ask someone to read it.