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A. Rewrite these sentences with the correct end punctuation marks and
capital letters.

1. children love to read the harry potter books

2. the red house on park street is where james lives

3. she lives in new delhi

4. is his dog’s name romeo

5. do you like watching the spiderman films

6. the roses near the window smell so sweet

7. who is the prime minister of india

8. oh the sky is so high

9. are you coming to my birthday party

10. what a beautiful painting

We use a comma

1. to separate items in a list. For example,

y I like grapes, apples, lychees and mangoes.

y My best friends are Seema, Ritesh, Satish and Imtiaz.

2. to set off the name of a person spoken to directly. For example,

y Kavita, could you close the door?

y Wait for me, Farzan.

3. to set off words and phrases, such as yes, no, of Note

course, please and well from the rest of the sentence.
For example, A comma stands for a short
pause in a sentence.
y Yes, we went for a long drive after dinner.

y Well, I am not sure if I can wait for you that long.

We use an apostrophe

1. to show that something belongs to someone. For example,

y Mother’s purse • Sonika’s toy • Mrinal’s book

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