Unit 12: Punctuation, Abbreviations,
and Numbers
Lesson 75
End Punctuation: Period, Exclamation Point,
and Question Mark
Use a period at the end of a declarative sentence and at the end of a polite command.
Nadine Gordimer won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991
.
Think of another author from
Africa who won the Nobel Prize.
Use an exclamation point to show strong feeling and indicate a forceful command.
What
a fabulous book!
Read it
!
Use a question mark to indicate a direct question.
Did Wole Soyinka of Nigeria win
the Nobel Prize in Literature?
A declarative sentence containing an indirect question does not take a question mark.
Juanita asked if Naguib Mahfouz from
Egypt had also won the prize.
Exercise 1
Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: