READING AND

WRITING SKILLS
Types of Punctuation
Period Comma Colon

Question Quotation Exclamation

Mark Marks Point

Parenthesis Apostrophe
Why do we need punctuation?
Period
 Rule: Use at the end of a complete
sentence.
 Rule: Use at the end of an indirect
question.
Comma
 Rule: Use a comma to separate words or items in
a list.

 Rule: Use a comma to separate a city from its

state.

 Rule: Use a comma to separate the day of the

month from the year.
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Question Mark
 Rule: Use only after a direct question.

Exclamation Point
 Rule: Use to show emphasis or excitement.
Quotation Marks
 Rule: Use quotation marks to set off a direct
quotation.

 Rule: Periods and commas always go inside

quotation marks.
Colon
 Rule: Use the colon after a complete
sentence to introduce a list of items.

 Rule: Use the colon after the greeting of

the person’s name in a business letter.
Parenthesis

 Rule: Use to enclose words or figures

that clarify or are used as an aside.

Apostrophe
 Rule Use the apostrophe when
combining two words
UNCOMMON PUNCTUATIONS
INTERROBANG
IRONY MARK
LOVE POINT MARK
ACCLAMATION POINT
SNARC MARK
DOUBT POINT
CERTITUDE POINT
 Test Your Knowledge
 Place the proper punctuation in the blank.

 Remember the 7 basic types of

punctuation?
1. They dont have school on Saturday
2. She was born on April 30 1990
3. Dear Mrs White
4. I dont feel well today Adam said
5. He has two notebooks three books four
pencils one box of crayons and one
eraser in his desk
6. I ate four brownies
7. Will you play with me during recess
Anna asked
8. For my birthday I had cake ice cream
candy cola and snow cones.
9. She is able to count one to one hundred
and twenty 120 during math class
10. She had long beautiful hair
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