Punctuations - English Grammar Basics Video Lecture - SSC CGL Tier 2 - Study Material, Online Tests, Previous Year

punctuation punctuation or signs use the
properly organized sentences learning
proper punctuation is important so that
the speaker would understand your
sentence clearly there are different
types of punctuation first one is the
period a period is used to indicate a
full stop it marks the end of the
sentence so when you get to see a period
you ought to stop reading for a while
examples listen to how I stopped reading
for a while at periods the first one
Simon is my friend he lives next door
the next one susan is beautiful but
she's not friendly the second one is the
question mark
a question mark is placed at the end of
an interrogative sentence or a question
examples do you have a pen is this pen
yours can I have your number
next is the exclamation point an
exclamation point is used at the end of
a sentence which expresses strong
feelings for what we call the
interjections examples you are so stupid
that was splendid Wow
next is the comma a comma separates
items in series and other parts of
sentences examples my sisters are Sarah
Jane and Wendy mangoes bananas and
cherries are my favorite fruits when her
mom came she was washing the dishes
next is the quotation mark a quotation
mark is used to show the exact words of
the person or the speaker
examples my grandfather used to say
follow your dreams we can't be friends
anymore
she said next to the parentheses this is
used when we want to include an extra
information in our sentences these
pieces of information that we include
are usually not that important examples
my older sister who is now a mom is
coming home soon lissa the most
beautiful girl I know is now my
brother's girlfriend we do not
capitalize the start of sentences or
clauses that we put inside the
parentheses and we don't also put other
contention marks ' we use an apostrophe
for contractions and to show possession
examples I don't like vegetables don't
here is a contraction the original
sentence is I do not like vegetables we
replace Oh with an apostrophe next
example that is Peter's mom in this
sentence
apostrophe is used to show possession
Colin a Colin is used before a list it
is also used after a clause to indicate
that an explanation is about to follow
examples these are things that you need
to do feed rocky clean the house and
water the plants this is the only way to
patch things up admit your fault and say
sorry semicolon a semicolon is used to
join two clauses that are closely
related and for complicated lists
examples I like fruits like mangos pears
and grape fruit vegetables like cabbage
and carrots and sweets like chocolates
this is quite a complicated list that's
why we need to use a semicolon another
one Jane doesn't like to try swimming
she's afraid to drown these two clauses
are closely related to each other a
hyphen is used to separate compound
words examples ex-husband father-in-law
three-headed the last one is the dash a
dash is used to show a breaking thought
of the writer or the speaker examples
Jack's presence in the matter how small
or very precious to me mrs. Smith's
children Jack Jim and Mary are my
friends for our exercise put proper
punctuation for the following sentences
the first one my best friends are John
Eric and Ben the proper sentence should
be my best friends are John Eric and Ben
we need to put commas after John and
Eric and a period after Ben the second
one I didn't attend class last Monday
Tuesday and Wednesday because I was not
fleeing well the proper sentence should
be I didn't attend class last Monday
Tuesday and Wednesday because I was not
feeling well we need to put an
apostrophe between the letters N and T
because it is a contraction a comma
after the words Monday and Tuesday and
appeared after the sentence the third
one these are my favorite movies the
missed the ring and the grudge the
proper sentence should be these are my
favorite movies the missed the ring have
a grudge we need to put a Colin after
the word movies because this indicates
that a list is about to follow we also
need to put commas after the words the
mist and the ring and a period after the
word edge the last one I got an A in
math and science B in history physics
and English and C and geography
the correct sentence is I got an A in
math and science B in history physics
and niklesh and C in geography this is a
complicated list that's why we need to
put a semicolon after the words assigns
and English comma after the words
history in physics and appeared at the
end of the sentence did you get them
right