Must try...

2. • a period .
• a comma ,
• a question mark ?
• an exclamation mark !
• a colon :
• a semi-colon ;
• quotation marks “ ”
• an apostrophe ‘
• ellipses …
• a dash -

3. • A period is forthe end of a sentence
This sentence is short.
• A question markis forthe end of a
question.
Is this sentence short?
• An exclamation markis forthe end of
a sentence that should be emphasized
to show excitement ordisbelief.
My class was great!

4. When to use a comma in English
• for an introductory phrase
Last week, several students were absent.
• when a dependent clause is first (complex)
Because I am hungry, I am eating an apple.
• after the first clause of a compound sentence
I live in Lake Oswego, and I work in Portland.
• to separate items in a list
Peter, Deborah, and Ian are waiting in the car.
I want to see your homework, tests, and journal.

5. 1. first word in a
sentence
2. 1st
and last in a
title, plus all n,
adj, v, & adv
3. the pronoun I
4. proper nouns
(names of … )
• days of the week
• months of the year
• languages
• religions
• deities (gods)
• streets and avenues
• countries
• mountains and ranges
• seas and oceans
• rivers and lakes
• continents
• islands
• buildings and bridges
• classes and courses (w/
numbers)

6. 1. Only capitalize general nouns if they are
part of a name.
The professor is nice.
I think that Professor West is nice.
The river is long.
We visited the Mississippi River last year.
Last week, the bridge was closed.
Last week, the Broadway Bridge was closed.

7. 1. The pronoun I
2. Names of countries or adjectives of
countries
3. Names of religions or adjectives of religions
4. Names of gods even if it is not the name
you use
5. The days of the week and the months of a
year (NOT the seasons!)