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• Some sentences show surprise, shock or a strong feeling. Use an exclamation mark (!)
at the end of such sentences.

What a splendid idea he had!

• We also use the exclamation mark after words like oh, hey and hurrah.
Hurrah! We won the match.

A. Rewrite the following sentences with the correct punctua on marks.

1. How beautiful the gown looks

2. Is this Mr Mukherjee

3. I am proud of my brother

4. What a strange day it was

5. Was the police present when the mob got violent

6. Hey Look over there

7. The children enjoyed themselves at the zoo

8. Let’s study together I am sure we will score well

Comma

• We use a comma (,) to separate words in a list.

Sometimes a generous farmer would give him cuttings of peach, pear, plum

trees and grape vines.
• We use a comma to show a pause or a break between parts of a sentence.

As he cut the fruit, the children of the neighbourhood gathered around him.

• We use a comma after the introductory part of a sentence to separate it from the
rest of the sentence.

Yes, I’ve heard this story before.

• We also use a comma to separate the name of the person being spoken to from the
rest of the sentence.

Chapman, tell us your story.

B. Insert commas wherever necessary.

1. I need you to buy potatoes ginger garlic and onions from the market.

2. They’ll ask you questions on nouns pronouns and tenses.
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