ENGLISH LESSON

GRADE: 9

TOPIC: PUNCTUATION

Presented by Maluleke T.S.

How Do You Use the Comma?

Use a comma to separate independent

clause (sentences) in a compound
sentence.
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Use commas to separate words, phrases,

and clauses when there are three or more in
a series.

For instance, Sanny can run, jump, and

skip.
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When the date identifies the day of the

week, the date is set off with a comma.

See the example below:

On Thursday, August 25, school resumes.
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Use Comma to set off nouns of direct.
For example: Gertrude, I want you to know
that Matilda like George.
address.
Use a comma to set off a year when it is
with a month and date.
- Julius was born June 25, 1954, in
Gauteng, Soweto.
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Use commas when writing full addresses
in sentence form. I live at 2345
Westchester Blvd., Springfield, IL 62703

Use commas to set off introductory

phrases that come at the beginning of
a sentence. Feeling anxious, George
slowly stepped on the stage.
Use commas to set off nonrestrictive
relative clauses (not necessary to the
meaning of the sentence) from the rest of
the sentence. Who
Whose) Restrictive/nonrestrictive
Whom
Which) Nonrestrictive (needs a
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That boy, who is standing by the door is

my son.
 Commas
Use commas to set of parenthetical
expressions.
-Jason is handsome, however, looks can be
deceiving.
Use a comma to set off short quoted
sentences from the rest of the sentence.
Hamlet said, To be or not to be. That is the
question.
 Commas
Use commas to set of parenthetical
expressions.
-Jason is handsome, however, looks can be
deceiving.
Use a comma to set off short quoted
sentences from the rest of the sentence.
Hamlet said, To be or not to be. That is the
question.
Use a semi-colon to separate independent
sentences. These are sentences that are
closed conned in thought and not joined by a
conjunction. For example, After class, I went
to the Pizza Hut; then I graded papers for an
hour.
Use a semi-colon to separate
independent clause if there are commas
within the parts. I wrote to George, Matilda,
and Gertrude; and Ellen notified Jason by
phone.
Capitals latters
A capital letter is normally used in
writing:
For the first letter of the first word at
the beginning of a sentence
For the first letter of proper nouns
(Kevin), countries (South Africa), cities
(Johannesburg), and titles (the
Champion).
Capitals latters

For the first letter of the names of days

(Tuesday), months (February), festivals
(Dwali).
For the first letter of houses, ships,
streets, newspapers, books, play-titles
(King Street).
For a persons initials (K.G. Baxter).
For the word I.
Full stops

A full stop is used at the end of a

sentence, unless the sentence calls for
a question mark (?) or an exclamation
mark (!).
Example, Joyce went to the shop.
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Exclamation marks
An exclamation mark is used after
expressions of surprise, motion, fear and
delight:

For instance, Oh!, Ah!, Look!, and

Hurrah!
Exclamation marks

Examples, What a superb goal Gigs

scored at Highbury!
I did not know you were here!
How fierce she looks!
Question marks

A question mark is always placed at the

end of a question.
What are you doing?
But a question mark is not used in:
I asked them what they were doing.
Apostrophes

An apostrophe is a mark ( ) used to

indicate.
the possessive case
the omission of a letter or letters
If the word does not end in s, add s:
Apostrophes

Examples, The book of the boy the

boys book
The book of the children the
childrens books
If the word ends in s and is singular,
add s:
The book of Charles Charless book
Quotation marks (inverted
commas
Words quoted are put into quotation
marks. The boy said, He has the
book. Note the comma before the
quotation mark and that since the words
inside the marks form a sentence, the
first letter is a capital letter
Hyphen

The sign (-) used to join words to

indicate that they have a combined
meaning or that they are linked in the
grammar of a sentence
For instance, a pick-me-up, mother-in-
law, good-hearted.
Parenthesis

Use parenthesis to enclose words or

figures that clarify or are used as an
aside.
Example: He received one hundred
and fifty points (150)on his math
project.
List of references
Kevin Baxter. September, 18. 2013
http://www.slideshare.net/KevinBaxter1/english-basics-punctuation
Karin Heart.2013,
http://www.slideshare.net/karrinheart/punctuation-13609611
Ellen Conner. 2010.
http://www.slideshare.net/conno1ej/punctuation-powerpoint-
3312708
Arundathie Abeysinghe, International Avlation Academy.Srilankan
Airline
http://www.slideshare.net/arundathie81/esl-punctuation-rules-
commas
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