Punctuation Marks

PUNCTUATION MARKS

By Karina Benítez

Period (.)

Use a period at the end of a sentence or with abbreviations.

Dr. Smith is reading a paper.

​Question mark (?)

Use a question mark at the end of a question.

​Are you from Brazil?

​Apostrophe (')

Use an apostrophe with contracted forms.

I'm from Brazil.

​Comma (,)

Use a comma with short answers and to insert a pause into a sentence.

Yes, I am.

​Exclamation mark (!)

Use an exclamation mark to show excitement.

Look! It's beautiful.

​Quotation marks (" ")

Use quotation marks to indicate speech or writing by another person in your writing.

"I'm very tired", she said.

​Colon (:)

Use a colon to introduce an element or series of elements.

Sam plays 3 sports: soccer, volleyball and tennis.

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