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    The document discusses various punctuation marks and their uses. It describes the main punctuation marks as the period, comma, question mark, and exclamation point. It also mentions colons, semicolons, and capital letters. It provides examples of when to use capital letters, such as for names and the pronoun "I". The document also discusses the apostrophe, explaining that it is placed between the noun and "s" for singular possessive nouns, and after the noun for plural possessive nouns. It gives examples like "the boy's book" and "the boys' books". Finally, it notes the uses of contractions and shortened words with an apostrophe.

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    The document discusses various punctuation marks and their uses. It describes the main punctuation marks as the period, comma, question mark, and exclamation point. It also mentions colons, semicolons, and capital letters. It provides examples of when to use capital letters, such as for names and the pronoun "I". The document also discusses the apostrophe, explaining that it is placed between the noun and "s" for singular possessive nouns, and after the noun for plural possessive nouns. It gives examples like "the boy's book" and "the boys' books". Finally, it notes the uses of contractions and shortened words with an apostrophe.

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    Punctuation

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    Marika Borg Chircop
    The document discusses various punctuation marks and their uses. It describes the main punctuation marks as the period, comma, question mark, and exclamation point. It also mentions colons, semicolons, and capital letters. It provides examples of when to use capital letters, such as for names and the pronoun "I". The document also discusses the apostrophe, explaining that it is placed between the noun and "s" for singular possessive nouns, and after the noun for plural possessive nouns. It gives examples like "the boy's book" and "the boys' books". Finally, it notes the uses of contractions and shortened words with an apostrophe.

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    Punctuation

    The main punctuation marks are:


    Full stop .
    Comma ,
    Question mark ?
    Exclamation mark !
    Open/closed inverted commas “ “
    Colon :
    Semi-colon ;
    Capital letter A B C
    Apostrophe ‘

    Capital letters are used :


    • to write the pronoun I, eg: I am
    • names of persons, eg: Matthew, Anne-Marie
    • pets, eg: Fluke
    • days and months, eg: Monday, January
    • countries, eg: Malta, Spain
    • after full stops and at beginning of sentence, eg: Matthew
    is playing. He is………
    • to begin Direct Speech, eg: He said, “I want to buy sweets.”

    The Apastorphe :

    When the word is in singular the apostrophe is written between


    the first noun and the s.
    Eg: the boy’s book

    Prepared by Ms M. Borg Chircop (LSA) Year 6


    When the word is in plural the apostrophe is written after the
    first noun.
    Eg: the boys’ books
    The girls’ dresses

    When we use the negative in short or talking in the future tense:


    Eg: I cannot  I can’t
    We should not  we shouldn’t

    I will  I’ll
    You shall  you’ll

    Prepared by Ms M. Borg Chircop (LSA) Year 6

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