1、Unit 7 International charities Study skills,punctuation marks,symbols,Why do we punctuate sentences?,woman without her man is nothing,Please add the punctuation marks and read it aloud.,Woman! without her, man is nothing.,woman without her man is nothing,Woman, without her man, is nothing.,Do you kn
2、ow her dad,another example,Do you know her dad?,Do you know her, dad?,Why do we punctuate sentences?,Punctuation tells readers when a sentence ends. It also tells them when to pause, when someone is talking, or when something belongs to someone.,Five common punctuation marks,comma,full stop/period,q
3、uestion mark,exclamation mark,quotation marks,Lets read these sentences., By training them, we hope to help more people. Why dont you work in a hospital? What important work charities do! “Im proud to help people see again,” said Dr Ma.,End punctuation,Kelly will bat first today Did you know she hit
4、 two home runs last week What an amazing player she is,?,.,!,Lets try,Full stop/period (.),I am a period. I am used at the end of a complete thought.,a declarative sentence,_,It states a fact.,Examples,She is my sister.,Its raining outside.,The 12th Special Olympics World Games were held in Shanghai
5、 in 2007.,A period is used to end a sentence. It is also used after initials (姓名的首字母) and as a decimal point (小数点).,Period,Taro won the contest. (statement) Take his picture. (command) Please lend me your baseball cap. (request),B. B. King (blues musician) H. G. Wells (British novelist),Robert is 99
6、.9 percent sure that the bus pass costs only 2.5 dollars.,At the end of a sentence,After an initial,As a decimal point,Question mark (?),Does it a question mark? Does anyone have any questions?,Examples,Would you like some coffee?,What time is the party?,How does UNICEF help?,at the end of a direct
7、question,Question mark (?),In a direct question,Do air bag make cars safer?,Im a question mark, right?,In a tag question,The ship arrives in Boston on July 23, 1652?,To show doubt,Can you give me an example?,Great!,A question mark is used after a direct question (an interrogative sentence). Sometime
8、s it is used to show doubt about the correctness of a detail.,Exclamation mark ( ! ),I am an exclamation mark! I am used for strong feelings! Im excited!,Examples,She was the same size as my little finger!,strong feelings,The house is on fire!,What a good time we have!,Do stop that noise!,surprise,j
9、oy,anger,shock,other strong feelings,strong emotion strong feeling,Exclamation mark ( ! ),Surprise! (word) Happy birthday! (phrase) Wait for me! (sentence),An exclamation mark is used to express feelings. It may be placed a word, a phrase or a sentence.,Comma ( , ),I am a comma. Im used to make a pa
10、use between thought, and also to list things.,_,You can visit Asia, Africa, Europe, American and more in only eight hours.,Examples,to separate words in a list,_,_,_,_,You can use a computer for sending and receiving emails, searching for information, drawing or playing games.,_,_,_,to separate phra
11、ses,If you want someone to move, say “excuse me”.,to separate clauses,Place commas between words, phrases, or clauses in a series. (A series is three items or more in a row.),Mrs. Johnson,“Each of you may choose a partner for the game.”,To set off the words of the speaker from rest of the sentence.,
12、Use a comma between two independent clauses that are joined by the coordinate conjunction (并列连词) and, but, or, nor, for, so, or yet.,Tip: Do not connect two independent clauses with a comma only.,She likes pepperoni, pineapple, and olives on her pizza. (words) During the summer I read mysteries, rod
13、e my bike and played baseball. (phrases),Aunt Carrie offered to pay my way, so I am going to the amusement park with her.,Quotation marks (“ ”),If you want someone to move, say “excuse me”.,Quotation marks,“Do you have a dream?” said Mary.,to enclose words,in direct speech,Mary asked me if I had a d
14、ream.,compare,“direct speech”,Can you give me another example?,When you want to show the exact words that someone has said, you must put quotation marks around the words.,Placement of punctuation,To set off the dialogue,To punctuate titles,Place quotation marks around titles of songs, poems, short s
15、tories, book chapters, and titles of articles.,Have a summary,Using punctuation marks,a declarative sentence (陈述句),I have a dream. 我有一个梦。,I have a dream。,Have a summary,Using punctuation marks,?,?,.,.,!,Have a try,Add the correct punctuation marks.,Have a try,Add the correct punctuation marks., How
16、can we help homeless people Its fantastic to work as a volunteer he says I like many sports such as basketball football running and swimming Great I have never been to Beijing,“,!”,!,?,.,.,., . ? ! “ ”,Have a try, . ? ! “ ”,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,.,!,?”,“,“,”,“You are great! Today weve learned comma, full stop, question mark, exclamation mark and quotation marks. Can you use them?“,The teacher says,Practice makes perfect.,Thank you!,