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6. Is a pigeon a dove? (not alike)

7. Goa is its beaches. (well known)

8. You can pass the test if you are mathematics. (skilful)

9. People are not the Indian cricket team’s performance.
(satisfied)

10. ‘I’m eating sandwiches every day for breakfast,’
complained Kamla. (bored)

famous for kind to full of good at

happy with similar to different from

thankful to afraid of tired of

Punctua on: Quota ons

Look at the punctuation marks used in the following quotation:
Shibi said, ‘Please do not harm this pigeon.’

When we are writing down the exact words someone has said, we need to put
those words within quotation marks. Remember these rules about punctuating

quotations:

1. Put a comma after introducing the speaker. The comma should be put at

the end of the words quoted if the speaker is introduced after the quotation.
2. The first word of the quotation is capitalized.

3. Quotation marks go around the words people say.

4. Punctuation at the end, or at a break in the quote, goes inside the quotation
marks.

Let’s see how these rules are applied in the example:

quotation marks go around the words people say

Shibi said, ‘Please do not harm this pigeon.’

comma after the first word of the punctuation at the end of the quote
introducing the speaker quotation is capitalized goes inside the quotation marks

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