Punctuation

Question Mark, Capital Letters, and Full stop for Class 2 English

The students will learn about question marks, capital letters and full stops that are used while writing sentences. They will learn the usage of various punctuation marks in the English language.

In this learning concept, the students will learn to:

• Identify the correct sentence with appropriate punctuation and capital letters.
• Avoid common mistakes while using punctuation and capital letters.

Each concept is explained to class 2 English students using examples, illustrations, and concept maps. After you go through a concept, assess your learning by solving the two printable worksheets given at the end of the page.

Download the worksheets and check your answers with the punctuation and capital letter worksheet solutions for the concept punctuation provided in PDF format.

Definition:

Punctuation refers to marks such as a full stop, comma, question mark etc. These marks are used to make the meaning of the sentence clear. They also help in separating the sentence into different parts.

Examples:

What are Capital Letters?

Capitalization means to write the first letter of a word in the capital letter and the remaining letters in lower case.

Examples:

Seema is a smart girl.

The first letter of the word ‘Seema’ is written in the capital letter ‘S’.

Correct and Incorrect Usage:

• Seema is a good girl.
• seema is a good girl.

Question Mark

A question mark is a punctuation mark used in a sentence to refer to a question.

Examples:

Where do you stay?

In the above example, the sentence ‘Where do you stay?’ is a question, so it ends with a question mark.

Correct and Incorrect Usage:

• Where do you stay?
• Where do you stay.

Full Stop

A full stop is a punctuation mark used to end a sentence.

Examples:

I love to play with my cat.

In the below sentence, ‘I love to play with my cat’ is a complete sentence, so it ends with a full stop.

Correct and Incorrect Usage:

• I love to play with my cat. 
• I love to play with my cat   

Common Mistake:

1. Never begin a proper noun with small letters. It should always start with a capital letter. Notice in the sentence below that the word ‘Ram’ is a proper noun. Hence it is written in capital letters no matter where it is placed in the sentence.

Examples:

• Ram is a good boy. Everybody wants to play with Ram
• ram is a good boy. Everybody wants to play with ram   
2. Do not use a full stop in headings and titles.

Examples:

Chapter 1: The Lion and the Cubs

Chapter 1: The Lion and the Cubs.

3. Use a question mark after a direct question. Do not use a question mark after an indirect question.

Examples:

• Where do you live?
• I don’t know where you live?
• I don’t know where you live.