punctuation

Single quotation marks

C) ________ can be used to enclose non English words or draw attention to a word that is unusual for the context.

Capital letters

a) To mark the beginning of a sentence.

a comma

is used to separate the elements in a full date (weekday, month, and year)

relative pronoun

Whose is a(n) ________ while who's is a contraction of who is /who has.

Jesus

________ promises eternal life to all His followers.

conditional sentence

However, a comma is not used if the ________ begins with the result.

Hyphen

B) ________ is used when writing compound adjectives.

plurals of letters

C) Apostrophe is used to write ________ and figures

phrases

H) A comma is used before and after certain link words and ________.

human beings

All ________ require basic needs: food, shelter, and clothing.

Brackets

________ are used within a sentence to include information that is not essential to the map point.

A comma

is used to indicate the omission of a word, especially a verb.

exclamation mark

The ________ can be used in a sentence to express surprise, shock, anger, joy, and other strong emotions.

Capital letters

________ are used to write titles of books, poems, plays, movies, etc.

A comma

is used between two adjectives that describe the same noun.

Kikuyu community

The ________ holds great respect for "the Mugumo "tree.

Quotation marks

used to enclose words and punctuation marks in direct speech.

Single quotation marks

are used to enclose titles of books, poems, articles, movies, magazines, narratives, etc.

Hyphen

C) ________ is used to write compound nouns too.

Capital letters Capital letters are used in the following ways

a) To mark the beginning of a sentence

Examples

Running out of the house, I realized that I had not worn the right shoes

Examples

Last week, I visited my grandparents

Examples

pilanoi.org.ke

A comma is used in the in following ways

a) To indicate a short break or pause within a sentence

While studying in Uganda, I visited

Nambole, Mutundwe, Kansanga and Jinja

g) To separate phrases and clauses Examples

Having said a short prayer, I retired

Examples

Tuesday, 10th July 2017

Examples

Yes, I know who he is

Eg

The wind being favorable the squadron sailed

Examples

Our teacher asked us to buy 'The River Between'

a)Hyphen is also used to writ compound numbers from twenty

one to ninety-nine

Example

Forty-six

Eighty

one

Examples

Ouch

Colon (

)

She revised three subjects

Maths, English, and Kiswahili

-They visited four counties

Nyeri, Kilifi, Siaya, and Turkana

NOTE

With are, such as and including do not use a colon

-I lost my book

the one I bought last week

-All human beings require basic needs

food, shelter, and clothing

-The wise say

Hurry hurry has no blessings

There are basically two ways to write

with a pen or pencil, which is inexpensive and easily accessible; or by computer and printer, which is more expensive but quick and neat

Mr. Masinde

our Science teacher does not tolerate laziness

a question mark

is used to mark the end of a direct question.

a question mark

is used in writing question tags

hyphen

is used to write compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine.

semi colon

is used to connect closely related ideas when a style marks stronger than a comma is needed

semi colon

is used to link lists where the items contain commas to avoid confusion between the listed items.

dash

is used to separate additional information from the rest of the sentence

brackets

used within a sentence to include information that is not essential to the map point.

a comma

is used between two adjectives that describe the same noun

a comma

is used when separating items in a list.