Punctuation - Class 6 English - Extra Questions

Punctuate the following using capital letters wherever necessary:
my brother said to me you should not waste your time on sundays

'My' begins the sentence and hence we must use a capital 'M'.
'My brother said to me' indicates that the given sentence is written in the direct speech. Hence, we must put a comma after 'said to me'.
The rest of the sentence must be written in the double inverted commas and it should end with a full stop as it is a simple sentence.
Also, 'Sundays' should begin with a capital 'S' as it is the name of a day.
Answer: My brother said to me, "You should not waste your time on Sundays."


Punctuate the following using capital letters wherever necessary:

is this your final decision said amit to his father yes i cannot make any alternation said his father.

"Is this your final decision?", said Amit to his father. "Yes, I cannot make any alternation", said his father.


arun was asked by his mother to explain about the missing buttons on his shirt
(Rewrite using punctuation.)

Arun was asked by his mother to explain about the missing buttons on his shirt.

Explanation:

Punctuation marks are important in writing. They show where sentences start and end and if they are used properly they make our writing easy to understand, giving it correct expressions.
When we begin a sentence we should capitalize the first letter of the word. Similarly we should put a full stop when we end  a simple sentence.


Punctuate the following sentence:
did you hear him he whispered 

The answer is:
"Did you hear him?", he whispered.


Use capital letters, full stops, question marks, commas and inverted commas wherever necessary in the following paragraph.

an arrogant lion was wandering through the jungle one day he asked the tiger who is stronger than you  O lion replied the tiger who is more fierce than a leopard asked the lion you sir replied the leopard he marched upto an elephant and asked the same question the elephant picked him up in his trunk swung him in the air and threw him down look said the lion there is no need to get mad just because you don’t know the answer.

An arrogant lion was wandering through the jungle one day. He asked the tiger, “Who is stronger than you ?” “You, O! lion,” replied the tiger. “Who is more fierce than a leopard?” asked the lion. “You, sir,” replied the leopard. He marched up to an elephant and asked the same question. The elephant picked him up in his trunk, swung him in the air and threw him down. “Look”, said the lion, “there is no need to get mad just because you don’t know the answer.”


Is a semicolon two dots or one dot and a comma?

A semicolon is one dot placed on top of a comma (;). 
A colon (:) has two dots.


What are the two dots punctuation marks in the word noel called they are usually put over the $$e$$?


It's called an "umlaut" and it's not punctuation.
Explanation:
One of the big differences between English and other European languages that use the Roman alphabet is, we avoid using diacritical marks and other languages use them a lot. Diacritical marks affect the way a word or letter is pronounced, whereas punctuation marks affect the flow or termination of a sentence. (The apostrophe is both punctuation and diacritical, and is the only diacritical commonly used in English.)
The "two dots" you ask about are known by a couple of different names: diaeresis (for Greek words), tréma (for French), and umlaut (German). Each of these makes a slightly different sound. The diaeresis over a letter (always a vowel) means that the letter is pronounced separately from the letter right before it. Coöperate, for example. The umlaut, used in German, changes the sound of the vowel it is over, sometimes the U sound to a "yu" sound, or an O to an "eh."
When Americans use it, it's usually to make a name seem more exotic (Chloë Sevigny) or creepy (Mötley Crüe), but it can come off as a bit pretentious.


What does an exclamation mark mean at the end of a sentence or word?

Exclamation marks make sentences/phrases/words more dramatic.

It expresses more emotion. It can make someone seem more passionate, excited, upset, or angry.

Just look at these examples:

Surprise! vs. Surprise.
If someone is extremely excited (maybe they're surprising you for your birthday), they'll usually shout out surprise! instead of simply saying surprise in a normal tone.

What! vs. What?
Generally, if someone tries to get our attention or you didn't hear a question/comment, you might respond with "what." What! is often used when something outlandish is said.




Class 6 English Extra Questions