E N G L I S H P U N C T U A T I O N C L A S S 7 T H Copyright © 2017 - 18 Winspark Innovations Learning Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. 2 Copyright © 2017 - 18 Winspark Innovations Learning Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. C O N T E N T S C L A S S 7 t h C A P I T A L L E T T E R S F U L L S T O P , C O M M A , Q U E S T I O N M A R K , A N D E X C L A M A T I O N M A R K C O M M A , D A S H , C O L O N , A N D S E M I C O L O N P A G E 4 P A G E 2 1 P A G E 4 7 P U N C T U A T I O N A P O S T R O P H E , I N D E N T A T I O N , H Y P H E N , A N D E L L I P S I S P A G E 6 6 Q U O T A T I O N M A R K P A G E 8 9 3 Recommended Time: 9 – 11 Classes Copyright © 2017 - 18 Winspark Innovations Learning Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. P U N C T U A T I O N C L A S S 7 t h C A P I T A L L E T T E R S 4 Copyright © 2017 - 18 Winspark Innovations Learning Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. Hi kids, today we will learn about Punctuations First, we will learn about Capital Letters At the end of the lesson, we will understand how to use Capital Letters correctly in sentences Observation is one of the greatest powers in the universe EXPLAIN 1 . W H A T A R E P U N C T U A T I O N S ? I have no idea what is going on. I have no idea what she is saying. She is angry because of yesterday's incident. I don't understand what you are saying! Punctuation marks are used to make it easier for us to understand written words. They help us to know when a sentence ends and another begins, when to pause in a sentence, and when there is a question or an exclamation. D E F I N I T I O N 5 Copyright © 2017 - 18 Winspark Innovations Learning Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. 2 . C A P I T A L L E T T E R S Punctuation rules include the use of : • Capitalization • Full stops • Commas • Question marks • Exclamation marks • Quotation marks • Apostrophes • Indentations • Hyphens • Dashes • Colons • Semi - colons • Ellipsis points Russel John’s new film Once Upon a Time in Taiwan made approximately $ 7 million in the box office just days after premiering in theatres Starring Belinda Jacobs and Ethan Lee, this is definitely another excellent production by Silver Motion Pictures not to be missed! 6 Copyright © 2017 - 18 Winspark Innovations Learning Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. We use capital letters : For the first word of a sentence. • That bungalow belongs to my grandparents. It has been deserted for two years. For the first word in direct speech. • Dave asked, 'Is the food to your liking?’ For the personal pronoun I. • Grace wailed when I told her that I had lost her pet poodle. For proper nouns. Australia Bangkok The South Pole Great Wall of China East Coast Road Raffles City Lee Kuan Yew Lassie Roger Rabbit For the days of the week, months of the year and special occasions. • The volunteers will meet on Monday, 19th May. • The children are all dressed in their ethnic costumes as it is Racial Harmony Day. For the titles of people and initials in people's names. Dr Sivam Prince Phillip Lord Mountbatten D.H. Lawrence For the first word in a greeting or closing phrase. Dear Sir/ Madam Good evening Yours faithfully For religious names. God Allah Jesus Christ Buddha 7 Copyright © 2017 - 18 Winspark Innovations Learning Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. For the titles of books, plays, songs, newspapers, films, and poems. Macbeth Sunday Times Chronicles of Narnia For the titles of documents. Birth Certificate Title Deed For nationalities and languages. • Jess is a Singaporean Chinese. However, she can speak both Tamil and Malay fluently. We do not usually capitalize words like of, a, an, and, the in titles of books, plays, songs, newspapers, films, and poems. 8 Copyright © 2017 - 18 Winspark Innovations Learning Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. Master what you have learnt PRACTICE e a s y C O N C E P T B O X – Complete the concept capsules below: 1 a ) Punctuation Definition (in your own words) Characteristics / Facts Examples Non - Examples b ) Capital Letters Definition (in your own words) Characteristics / Facts Examples Non - Examples T R U E o r F L A S E - State whether the following statements are True or False: 2 We use punctuation marks to make it easier for us to understand written words a) False True Punctuation does not help us to know the beginning of a sentence and the end of a sentence. b) Punctuation marks help us know when there is a break in the sentence. c) False True False True 9 Copyright © 2017 - 18 Winspark Innovations Learning Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. Differentiate between: 3 Capital Letters Small Letters VS Example Example a) Capitalization 1. ! b) Full Stops 2. : c) Commas 3. - d) Question Marks 4. e) Exclamation Marks 5. ? f) Quotation Marks 6. ... g) Apostrophes 7. “ ” h) Hyphens 8. I i ) Dashes 9. ‘ j) Colons 10. _ k) Semi - Colons 11. , l) Ellipsis Points 12. ; P U N C T U A T I O N M A T C H U P - Match the punctuation with their forms: 4 10 Copyright © 2017 - 18 Winspark Innovations Learning Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. n o r m a l S E N T E N C E o r D I R E C T S P E E C H ? - Tick the box then choose the correct option! 5 SENTENCE DIRECT SPEECH a ) That bungalow belongs to my grandparents. First word of the sentence First word of what someone said O R SENTENCE DIRECT SPEECH b ) Roxy asked, “Is the food to your liking?” First word of the sentence First word of what someone said O R SENTENCE DIRECT SPEECH c ) “May I use the bathroom?” asked Lizzi First word of the sentence First word of what someone said O R SENTENCE DIRECT SPEECH d ) It has been deserted for two years. First word of the sentence First word of what someone said O R SENTENCE DIRECT SPEECH e ) “Ouch!” exclaimed Naughty. First word of the sentence First word of what someone said O R SENTENCE DIRECT SPEECH f ) Captain Spark is very brave! First word of the sentence First word of what someone said O R 11 Copyright © 2017 - 18 Winspark Innovations Learning Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. R I G H T o r W R O N G - Select if the given capital letters are right or wrong: 6 a ) Australia WRONG RIGHT Personal pronoun I Proper Noun b ) I WRONG RIGHT Personal pronoun I Proper Noun c ) Road WRONG RIGHT Personal pronoun I Proper Noun d ) Lee Kuan Yew WRONG RIGHT Personal pronoun I Proper Noun e ) The South Pole WRONG RIGHT Personal pronoun I Proper Noun f ) Bangkok WRONG RIGHT Personal pronoun I Proper Noun g ) Country WRONG RIGHT Personal pronoun I Proper Noun h ) Roger Rabbit WRONG RIGHT Personal pronoun I Proper Noun i ) Boy WRONG RIGHT Personal pronoun I Proper Noun B U C K E T T H I S – Place the following words in their respective buckets: 7 Special Occasions Months Days a ) b ) c ) December Christmas Day Wednesday Sunday Monday July February Children’s Day Racial Harmony Day Thursday New Year’s Day May 12 Copyright © 2017 - 18 Winspark Innovations Learning Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. T I T L E o r I N I T I A L ? - Tick the box then choose the correct option! 8 TITLE INITIALS a ) Dr. Jhus Title of a person Someone’s initials O R TITLE INITIALS b ) D. H. Spark Title of a person Someone’s initials O R TITLE INITIALS c ) Prince Daka Title of a person Someone’s initials O R TITLE INITIALS d ) Lady Roxy Title of a person Someone’s initials O R TITLE INITIALS e ) K. L. Diva Title of a person Someone’s initials O R TITLE INITIALS f ) P. T. Zoka Title of a person Someone’s initials O R G R E E T I N G o r C L O S I N G ? - Tick the box then choose the correct option! 9 TITLE INITIALS a ) Dear Madam The opening phrase in a letter The closing phrase in a letter O R TITLE INITIALS b ) Yours faithfully The opening phrase in a letter The closing phrase in a letter O R TITLE INITIALS c ) With love from The opening phrase in a letter The closing phrase in a letter O R TITLE INITIALS d ) Good evening The opening phrase in a letter The closing phrase in a letter O R 13 Copyright © 2017 - 18 Winspark Innovations Learning Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. TITLE INITIALS e ) Hello The opening phrase in a letter The closing phrase in a letter O R TITLE INITIALS f ) Wishing you all the best The opening phrase in a letter The closing phrase in a letter O R P i c k t h e R u l e - Read the word or phrase then choose the correct rule! 10 Nationality a ) God Religious name Language Nationality b ) Singaporean Religious name Language Nationality c ) Tamil Religious name Language Nationality d ) Malay Religious name Language Nationality e ) Buddha Religious name Language Nationality f ) British Religious name Language F i l l m e u p - Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate word: 11 Chronicles Narnia Of of a) Sunday Times times b) Beethoven's Fifth fifth c) The Lord of Rings The the d) Three Blind Mice mice e) 14 Copyright © 2017 - 18 Winspark Innovations Learning Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. s u p e r a) First word of the sentence 1. Dear Madam b) First word in direct speech 2. I c) Personal pronoun I 3. Allah d) Proper Nouns 4. Monday, 19 th May e) Days of the week, months of the year, and special occasions 5. D. L. Smarty f) Titles of people and initials in people's names 6. That bungalow belongs to my grandparents. g) First word in a greeting or closing phrase 7. East Coast Road h) For religious names 8. Title Deed i ) Titles of books, plays, songs, newspapers, films, and poems 9. Roxy asked, “Is the food to your liking?” j) Titles of Documents 10. Macbeth k) Nationalities and Languages 11. Malay C A P I T A L M A T C H U P - Match the punctuation with their forms: 12 E X A M P L E T R A I N – Give an example for each of the questions below: 13 a) Proper nouns b) People’s initials c) Names of religious figures 15 Copyright © 2017 - 18 Winspark Innovations Learning Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. The children are all dressed in their ethnic costumes as it is Racial Harmony f) I come from e) She can speak both Tamil and fluently. d) Diva wailed when told her that I had lost her pet poodle. b) d) Titles of people e) Special days or events f) Days and months g) Titles of written works h) Nationalities i ) Languages F i l l m e u p - Fill in the blanks by choosing the appropriate word: 14 Black Desert has been deserted for two years. a) The volunteers will meet on , 19th May. c) Day The Monday I Malay Australia 16 Copyright © 2017 - 18 Winspark Innovations Learning Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. captain spark went out looking for simba it was a tuesday morning in the middle of summer the birds were chirping happily on his way, captain spark met roxy she was looking for simba too they came to golden beach and found simba throwing rocks into the warm water C A P I T A L I Z A T I O N – Cross out any letter that should be a capital and write the capital letter above it: 15 I have no idea what is going on, have no idea who she is saying she is angry because of yesterday's incident.. I don't understand what you are saying! R E W R I T E T H E D I A L O G U E – Rewrite the conversation below adding punctuation so that it makes sense: 16 o l y m p i a d 17 Copyright © 2017 - 18 Winspark Innovations Learning Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. R U L E B O O K – W rite in your rulebook about the rules for capital letters. Give an example for every rule: 17 Russel John’s new film Once Upon a Time in Taiwan made approximately $ 7 million in the box office just days after premiering in theatres Starring Belinda Jacobs and Ethan Lee, this is definitely another excellent production by Silver Motion Pictures not to be missed! T H E C A P I T A L L E T T E R – Circle all the capital letters used in this letter then write down all the rules for capitalisation shown in the letter: 18 First word in a sentence. a ) b ) c ) d ) e ) f ) g ) h ) i ) 18 Copyright © 2017 - 18 Winspark Innovations Learning Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. What were you supposed to learn in this module? What did you learn in this module? 1. 2. 3. 4. What still confuses you? Share your achievements! SHARE 19 Copyright © 2017 - 18 Winspark Innovations Learning Pvt. Ltd. All rights reserved. A N S W E R S EASY SUPER NORMAL 18. Circle all the capital letters and write the rules used in the paragraph. 4. a) 8 b) 4 c) 11 d) 5 e) 1 f) 7 g) 9 h) 3 i) 10 j) 2 k) 12 l) 6 2. a) TRUE b) FALSE c) TRUE 6. a) X, , RIGHT b) , X, RIGHT c) X, X, WRONG d) X, , RIGHT e) X, , RIGHT f) X, , RIGHT g) X, X, WRONG h) X, , RIGHT i) , X, WWRONG 5. a) , X, SENTENCE b) X, , DIRECT SPEECH c) X, , DIRECT SPEECH d) , X, SENTENCE e) X, , DIRECT SPEECH f) , X, SENTENCE 7. a) Monday, Thursday, Wednesday, Sunday b) December, July, February, May c) Racial Harmony Day, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Children’s Day 8. a) , X, TITLE b) X, , INITIALS c) , X, TITLE d) , X, TITLE e) X, , INITIALS f) X, , INITIALS 9. a) , X, GREETING b) X, , CLOSING c) X, , CLOSING d) , X, GREETING e) , X, GREETING f) X, , CLOSING 10. a) Religious name b) Nationality c) Language d) Language e) Religious name f) Nationality 11. a) of b) Times c) Fifth d) the e) Mice 12. a) 6 b) 9 c) 2 d) 7 e) 4 f) 5 g) 1 h) 3 i) 10 j) 8 k) 11 17 Add the rules learned to your rulebook. OLYMPIAD 16. Rewrite the conversation adding the necessary punctuation. 13. Give an example for each of the questions. 14. a) The b) I c) Monday d) Malay e) Australia f) Day 15. Cross out and place the correct capital letters in the paragraph. 20