# Capitals, Full Stops, Question Marks, Exclamation | SwaVid

Capitals, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks: A sentence that tells something ends with a full stop. Rules, examples and a quick check.

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# Capitals, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks: rules and examples

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Short answer. A sentence that tells something ends with a full stop. A sentence that asks something ends with a question mark.

1 . Pick the end mark. Is your sister coming to the party ___

2 . Which sentence is correct?

Tell or ask: the end mark follows the job.

A sentence that tells something ends with a full stop. A sentence that asks something ends with a question mark.

Priya sings in the choir. Where is your umbrella?

Wrong: The bell rang everyone ran out. Right: The bell rang. Everyone ran out. (Two ideas, one full stop)

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- Strong feeling . A sentence that shows strong feeling ends with an exclamation mark. It often starts with What a or How. But a How sentence that asks something takes a question mark.
- Reporting a question . When you only report a question, the sentence becomes a statement. It ends with a full stop, not a question mark.
- Capital letters . Every sentence starts with a capital letter. So do names of people, titles before a name, places, rivers, mountains, days, months, festivals, languages, and the word I.
- Two ideas, one full stop . Two complete ideas cannot just sit side by side. End the first with a full stop and start the second with a capital letter.
- Priya sings in the choir.
- Where is your umbrella?
- The bell rang everyone ran out. → The bell rang. Everyone ran out. Two ideas, one full stop

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