EXERCISE 1

Directions: Read and analyze the following statements. How do

punctuations change the meaning of each statement? Explain your
answer.

Woman without Woman,

her man is without her
nothing. man, is nothing.

Woman, Woman without!

without her, Her man is
man is nothing. nothing.
 Capitalization
and Punctuation
 Capitalization is applied on ...
• Proper nouns and proper adjectives (Beverly
Batumbakal, Filipino citizen)
• Names of People (Harriet Maglinaw)
• Words used as names (Mother, Father, Aunt,
Uncle … when used as a name) Ask Mother
what we’re having for lunch. Ask my mother
what we’re having for lunch. The first sentence
mother is used as a name, in the second
sentence it describes someone.
 Capitalization is applied on ...
• Geographic names (Earth)
• Titles used with names (Dr. Jose P. Rizal)
• Historical events (Philippine Independence
Day)
• Abbreviations (M.D., A.R.)
• Organizations (Girl Scouts of the
Philippines)
• Titles (Beauty and the Beast)
• First words in a sentence
 Capitalization is applied on ...
• Days and months (June, Saturday)
• Names of religions, nationalities,
languages (Christianity, Chinese, Spanish)
• Official names (Smile toothpaste, Tide
detergent)
 EXERCISE 2
1. Which change in capitalization
should be made to this sentence?
the weather is cold today.

• A. capitalize the t in the

• B. capitalize the w in weather
• C. capitalize the t in today
• D. capitalize the c in cold
 EXERCISE 2
2. Which change in capitalization
should be made to this sentence?
Marcy rode to soccer practice with edward.

• A. capitalize the r in rode

• B. use a small m in Marcy
• C. capitalize the s in soccer
• D. capitalize the e in Edward
 EXERCISE 2
3. Which sentence uses correct
capitalization?

• A. Have you seen “star wars”?

• B. One of the main characters is Princess
leia.
• C. My favorite character is Yoda.
• D. I would like to have a ship like the
millennium falcon.
End Marks
 Periods are applied when...
• At the end of a sentence (Please be quiet.)
• After an initial (Susan B. Anthony)
• As a decimal (P2.50)
• After abbreviations (Mrs.)
• After final abbreviations (etc.)
 Question Mark is applied ...
• After a direct question (Do you want to
visit other galaxies?)
• To show doubt (The ship arrived in Boston
on July 23 (?), 1652.)
 Exclamation Point is applied...
• To express strong feeling
• Surprise!
• Happy Birthday!
• Wait for me!

• Never use double exclamation points in

school writing assignments or in business
letters.
 EXERCISE 3
4. Which change in end marks should
be made to the sentence below?
Did you feed your dog this morning.
• A. The end mark should be a comma.
• B. The end mark should be an
exclamation point.
• C. The end mark should be a colon.
• D. The end mark should be a question
mark.
 EXERCISE 3
5. Which change in punctuation should
be made in the sentence below?
Why are you always late for class.

• A. Add a comma after you.

• B. Place an exclamation point at the end
of the sentence.
• C. Add a comma after for.
• D. Change the period to a question mark.
 EXERCISE 3
6. Which sentence has the correct end
punctuation?
• A. Where did you find that cute puppy.
• B. What a great big grin he has on his
face!
• C. Roll over, you good girl?
• D. Why can’t we keep her.
Other Punctuation
Marks
 Comma is used ...
• Between items in a series ( I know
someone who likes pepperoni, pineapple,
and olives on her pizza.)
• In dates and addresses (June 24, 2010)
• To keep numbers clear (1,000)
• To set off interruptions (As it turned out,
however, Rodney sold the car.)
• To set off dialogue (The frog replied, “I’m
waiting for the toad truck.”)
 Comma is used ...
• In direct address (Please, Carla, find some
new jokes.)
• Between two independent clauses
(Aquarium workers love animals, so they
rescue hurt ones.)
• In letter writing (Dear Uncle Jim,)
• To separate adjectives (I like the feel of
cold, salty water when I go wading.)
 Comma is used ...
• To set off interjections (Wow, look at that
sunrise!)
• To set off appositives (My father, a great
cook, makes the best egg rolls in town.)
• To set off introductory phrases and
clauses (After checking my knee pads, I
started off.)
 EXERCISE 4
7. Where should a comma be placed in
the sentence below?
Please place a pencil, a pair of scissors and
two sheets of paper on your desk.
A. after the word paper
• B. after the word scissors
• C. before the word of
• D. after the word sheets
 EXERCISE 4
8. Where should a comma be placed in
the sentence below?
You must bring your ticket lunch and
spending money.

• A. after You and must

• B. after ticket and lunch
• C. after bring and lunch
• D. after your and ticket and lunch
 Colon is used...
• To introduce a list (These are the things I
am busy with last summer: swimming,
rock climbing, attending piano lessons and
street dancing)
• After a salutation in a business letter
(Dear Chairperson:)
• Between numbers in time (2:25 P.M.)
 EXERCISE 5
9. Where should colon be placed in the
sentence below?
You must bring these for our trip ticket lunch
extra clothes and spending money.

• A. after these
• B. after trip
• C. after ticket
• D. after extra clothes
 Semi-colon is used ...
• To join 2 complete sentence (Fe received
the highest grades; she got a scholarship
to study in Harvard.)
• Used with conjunctive adverbs
(consequently, however, otherwise,
nonetheless, and therefore) (Sid could not
pay the light bill; therefore, the company
shut off his electricity.)
 Semi-colon is used ...
• Used with parenthetical expressions (in
fact, on the other hand, for example)
(Mario never eats spinach; in fact, he
hates it.)
• Use to separate unlike entities in a list
(The language schools can be found in the
following schools: Kalamazoo, Michigan;
Austin, Texas; and Honolulu, Hawaii.)
 Hyphen is used ...
• To divide a word when you run out of room
at the end of the line (divide only at the
syllables, never divide one syllable words
or contractions)
• Between numbers in fractions
 Apostrophe is used ...
• In contractions (can’t)
• To form plurals (A’s)
• In place of omitted numbers or letters
(class of 91’, fixin’ to go)
• To form singular possessives (sister’s)
• To form plural possessives (girls’)
• To form shared possessives (Jim, Jeb,
and Jerry’s fish)
 EXERCISE 6
10. Which word BEST fills in the blank
in the sentence below?
My unusual parrot ___________ eat
a single cracker.

• A. won’t
• B. wasn’t
• C. isn’t
• D. don’t
 Quotation Marks are used...
• To set off a direct quotation
• Placement of punctuation (put other marks
inside of the quotation mark)
• To punctuate titles (songs, poems, short stories,
essays, and chapters of books, articles in
newspapers, magazines, encyclopedia, or
electronic sources)
• “America the Beautiful” (song)
• “McBroom Tells the Truth” (short story)
• “Water, Water Everywhere” (chapter)
 Activity 1
Directions: Rewrite the sentences with the
appropriate capitalization marks and punctuations.
1. mr rodriguez answered anitas call (5 pts)
2. every december 25 is jesus birthday (5 pts)
3. happy mothers day mommy felicia annie
greeted her mother. (5 pts)
4. i know you are coming atty roces. (5 pts)
5. sheila santos loves reading harry potter series
(5 pts)
Capitalization and Punctuations
Directions: Copy each sentence legibly in a seperate sheet of paper.
Apply capitalization and use the appropriate punctuations when
needed. (70 pts)

1. Until you correct all those spelling and punctuation errors

i will not give you a passing grade (3 pts)
2. juan valdez thinks that colombian coffee is the best in the
world (4 pts)
3. havent you seen the latest science fiction movie (4 pts)
4. Our english literature class is reading shakespeares the
tempest (6 pts)
5. after wed closed the door we sat down to read the
newspaper (4 pts)
6. do you know how many people will be attending the
banquet asked Sonia (5 pts)
Activity 2
Directions: Copy each sentence legibly in a seperate sheet of paper.
Apply capitalization and use the appropriate punctuations when
needed. (70 pts)

7. Get out of here and shut the door Henry shouted (3 pts)
8. When we get to Greece we plan to visit the following
places the acropolis the parthenon the erechtheum and
mount lycabettus (11 pts)
9. our teacher mrs serena de Castro, explained easter
island is located in the pacific ocean (10 pts)
10. congratulations to the following winners of our grand
raffle extravaganza in the province of Albay mrs flor carizo
malinao Dr Cherry Tanadera Tabaco City Marga cruz sto
domingo and Emma Casquejo Legazpi City (20 pts)