Periods
Our grandparents are coming from Chicago
The period goes after Chicago.
I want to buy pencils paper and staples.
The commas go after pencils and paper.
Our teachers husband is an airline pilot.
The apostrophe comes after the r in teachers.
teacher's
Margaret, did you put out the recycling bins? I asked my sister.
my uncle took my brother and me to see the milwaukee brewers.
Capitalize the m in my, the m in milwaukee, and the b in brewers.
Two times two equals four Three times three equals nine
The periods go after four and after nine.
Tomorrow we will go fishing eat sandwiches and swim out to the island.
The commas go after fishing and sandwiches.
The boys soccer team played the girls soccer team.
The apostrophe comes after the s in boys and after the s in girls.
boys'
girls'
Dad says that mayor frost is a friend of governor smith.
Capitalize mayor, frost, governor, and smith.
The White House has 132 rooms The first-floor rooms are used for public events These famous rooms include the East room
The periods go after the words rooms, events, and room.
"I like the purple car" said Maria.
The comma goes after car.
Antarctica is so frozen that people only visit; they dont live there.
The apostrophe goes in between the n and t in dont.
don't
I like the poem Words on page 281 in Writers Express.
The quotations go around "Words" because it is a poem.
The following are all reptiles turtles alligators and crocodiles.
Put a colon after reptiles. Put commas after turtles and alligators.
"What?" asked George, "I always get blamed for not taking out the garbage"
The period go after the word garbage.
Erika said "The White House has its own movie theater barbershop and dentist's office.
The commas come after said, theater, and barbershop.
Polar bears and seals live on islands of ice in the Arctic, and theyre at home there event though its cold.
The apostrophes are between the y and r in theyre and between the t and s in its.
they're
it's
Robby was kidding you, she said. Or maybe you didn't hear what he said.
The quotations go before Robby and after the comma. The quotations also go before Or and after the period.
Gary said and I dont believe it that he finished his homework.
Put a dash between said and and, and put a dash between it and that. Put an apostophe between n and t in don't.
Gary said - and I don't believe it - that he finished his homework.
"Hi," said Tammy
"How's it going?" said Benny
"It's going good, I just got an A on my test!" exclaimed Tammy
The periods go after Tammy, Benny, and Tammy.
If you have a cat put a bell on its collar or it may sneak up on wild animals.
The comma goes after cate and collar.
The apostrophes come after the r in fathers and after the t in its
father's
it's
Don't forget to write your name on the paper, the teacher said. You won't get any points!
Ok, said the student, I will put my name on it now.
The quotations marks go before Don't and after the comma. They also go before the word You and after the exclamation point. They go before Ok and after the comma. They go before I and after the period.
Reptiles have the following things in common they have backbones most hatch their young from eggs and they are cold blooded
Put a colon after common. Put commas after backbones and eggs. Put a hyphen between cold and blooded.