What you will learn in Grade 2
Today's goal: Improve sentence clarity by placing basic punctuation correctly.
Riya, Sam and Arun are friends.
A comma separates items or parts of a sentence where a short pause helps the reader.
Where is my pencil?
A question mark ends a direct question.
My bag is blue.
A full stop ends a statement or sentence that is not a question or exclamation.
Chennai is in India.
Proper nouns begin with capital letters.
Core idea
Read the explanation, study the examples and explain the idea in your own words.
Learn with examples
. statement
“. statement” shows where a statement ends.
? question
“? question” marks a direct question.
, list
“, list” shows how commas separate items or introductory information.
Chennai
“Chennai” begins with a capital because it is a proper name or starts a sentence.
See the skill in action
Quick check
Which mark separates items in a list?
Practice like a learner
- Add commas: I bought apples bananas and milk.
- Add ?: Where is the book__
- Correct capitals: my friend lives in india.
- Write one list sentence.
- Proofread five words in your own writing.
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