Page 170 - DENG102_COMMUNICATION_SKILLS_II
P. 170
Unit 11: Use of Capitals and Basic Punctuations
16. (a) After stealing Tims car, the thief lost his way and ended up the chief constable’s notes
garage.
(b) After stealing Tim’s car the thief lost his way and ended up the chief constable’s
garage.
(c) After stealing Tim’s car, the thief lost his way and ended up the chief constable’s
garage.
(d) After stealing Tim’s car, the thief lost his’ way and ended up the chief constable’s
garage.
17. (a) We decided to visit: Spain, Greece, Portugal and Italy’s mountains.
(b) We decided to visit Spain, Greece, Portugal and Italys mountains.
(c) We decided to visit Spain, Greece, Portugal and Italy’s mountains.
(d) We decided to visit Spain Greece Portugal and Italy’s mountains.
18. (a) That tall man, Paul’s grandad, is this month’s winner.
(b) That tall man Paul’s grandad is this month’s winner.
(c) That tall man, Paul’s grandad, is this months winner.
(d) That tall man, Pauls grandad, is this month’s winner.
11.3 summary
l In English, we do not use capitals letters very much. We use them mainly for the first letter
of sentences, names, days and months as well for some abbreviations.
l Capital letters should always be used for the beginning of sentences and questions.
l Capital letters always need to be used for titles and proper names.
l All kinds of places require capital letters.
l Punctuation marks are essential when you are writing. They show the reader where
sentences start and finish and if they are used properly they make your writing easy to
understand.
l There are many kinds of punctuation. Some of them can do many things. These are some
common punctuation marks used in English:
(,) is a comma.
(.) is a period or full stop.
(:) is a colon.
(;) is a semicolon.
(-) is a hyphen.
(‘abc’ or “abc”) is inverted comma
(‘) is an apostrophe.
11.4 keywords
Apostrophe: The superscript sign (‘) used to indicate the omission of a letter or letters from a
word, the possessive case, or the plurals of numbers, letters, and abbreviations.
lovely Professional university 165
