ClassX Video Lessons Youtube Channel Smile and Learn English FULL STOP and COMMA – How are they different? – Compilation Video – Punctuation Marks – Literacy
Hello friends! I’m Full Stop, and I’m like a superhero in the world of punctuation marks. My job is super important because I help people understand each other better when they write, read, or speak. Let me tell you all about what I do!
We use a full stop to show the end of a sentence. For example: “This superhero has superpowers.” See how the sentence ends with a full stop? After a full stop, the next word starts with a big letter, like a capital letter.
Full stops are used in two main ways. First, they separate two complete sentences that are related. For example: “Thieves broke into a bank because the superhero was on vacation.” Then, “They opened the safe and took everything.” Each sentence ends with a full stop.
Second, full stops mark the end of a paragraph. When you finish a paragraph, you leave a space and start a new one. This helps you write about a new idea but still on the same topic. For example: “As soon as the superhero got back to the city and read the news in the paper, he went after the thieves in no time.”
Remember, after every full stop, the next word starts with a capital letter. Full stops are super important!
Hello friends! I’m Comma, another superhero in the punctuation marks team. I have many missions, and I’m here to help you learn all about me!
We use commas to show a short pause in a sentence. Let me show you with a story: “After a long day stealing around the city, the thieves were hungry, so they decided to order some takeout food for dinner.”
Commas are used in four main ways:
Commas help us take short pauses in sentences and make our writing clearer.
Wow, we’ve learned a lot about full stops and commas! Full stops end sentences and paragraphs, while commas help with pauses and lists. Remember, punctuation marks are like superheroes that make our writing clear and fun!
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Full Stop Detective: Become a punctuation detective! Look around your home or classroom for books, magazines, or newspapers. Find sentences that end with a full stop. Write down three sentences you find and notice how each sentence starts with a capital letter after the full stop. Share your findings with a friend or family member and explain why full stops are important.
Comma Adventure: Let’s go on a comma adventure! Create a short story about your day using at least three commas. For example, you can write about what you did in the morning, afternoon, and evening. Use commas to separate the different parts of your day. Read your story aloud to a friend or family member and see if they can spot where you used commas.
Punctuation Superheroes: Draw two superheroes, one representing the Full Stop and the other the Comma. Give each superhero a special power related to their punctuation role. For example, the Full Stop superhero might have the power to end sentences with a strong finish, while the Comma superhero can create pauses and lists. Share your drawings and superhero stories with your class or family.
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Hello friends! My name is Full Stop, and I’m part of the punctuation marks team. That’s right, I’m a superhero! Do you know what my mission is? Well, friends, listen closely!
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To start with, let me tell you that all punctuation marks are very important. We use them to communicate better and express our ideas clearly when we write, read, or speak. Today, I’ll tell you all about me!
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We use a full stop to indicate the end of a sentence that is not interrogative or exclamatory. For example: “This superhero has superpowers.” We use the full stop at the end of this sentence to mark its ending. Remember that using a full stop at the end of a sentence means that the initial letter of the word that comes right after should be capitalized.
There are different places to use a full stop. Let’s look at two main functions of this punctuation mark. Full stops separate two complete, meaning-related sentences within the same paragraph. For example: “Thieves broke into a bank because the superhero was on vacation.” Here, we’ve used a full stop because the second sentence is related to the first one: “They opened the safe and took everything.” Easy, right?
Now, let’s look at the second function of the full stop. Full stops also mark the ending of a paragraph. Spacing and line breaks are important here. We should make sure that we leave an empty line and start a new paragraph. We’ll use the new paragraph to develop another idea in our writing under the same topic.
Let’s carry on where we left off: “They opened the safe and took everything.” New paragraph and a line break because we’re about to start a different sentence under the same topic. “As soon as the superhero got back to the city and read the news in the paper, he went after the thieves in no time.” I wonder how the story ends! Let’s keep reading and do a recap.
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The superhero worked really hard to find the thieves in their hiding spot, counting the money they had stolen. We use a full stop and capitalize the initial of the word that comes right after. “The superhero arrested them and handed them over to the police.” Luckily, it all ended well. It wouldn’t speak so highly of superheroes if it hadn’t, right?
Wow, both functions of the full stop are equally important, aren’t they? The full stops that end a sentence and those that mark the ending of a paragraph. Also, remember that you always need to capitalize the initial letter of the word that comes right after a full stop.
That was all, friends! Let’s wrap up this video. Duty calls! See you soon!
Hello friends! My name is Comma, and I’m a superhero in the punctuation marks team. My mission in this crazy world is… well, actually, I have many missions! I can tell you all about them if you like.
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To start with, let me tell you that all punctuation marks are very important. We use them to communicate better and express our ideas clearly when we write, read, or speak. Today, you’ll learn all about me, the comma!
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We use commas to indicate a pause in speech. I think it would be easier if I showed you some examples with a story. After a long day stealing around the city, the thieves were hungry, so they decided to order some takeout food for dinner.
Don’t confuse the full stop with the comma; the pause the comma marks is a bit shorter, and the initial of the word that follows a comma is not capitalized. Proper names would be an exception, but that’s another story. Let’s focus on this one for now.
There are four places to use a comma in a text: to separate items in an enumeration, to clarify meaning, to separate a person’s name when addressing them directly, and to join sentences using conjunctions.
I know, I do so many things; it’s exhausting! Let’s have a closer look. We use commas to separate items in an enumeration. Let’s go back to our story: “Susan, Cobra, Cleo, and Jack are members of a dangerous band of criminals.” They can’t make up their minds; they want to have pizza, sushi, and hamburgers for dinner.
We also use commas to explain something or clarify meaning. Let’s have a look: “Susan, as we’re about to explain who she is, is the head of the criminal band.” Here, we’ll use another comma because it’s where our explanation ends. “Cobra, the grumpiest of all four, insists on ordering sushi. Cleo, the hungriest, would eat a huge hamburger. And the last one is Jack, the indecisive one, because he can’t decide what he likes most.”
Are you beginning to get the idea? We also use commas when addressing someone directly to separate their name from the rest of the sentence. Let’s see what happens in the story: “The head of the band wanted to show the team who was in charge. ‘Jack, I command you to cast your vote for pizza.’” Jack lowered his head and replied, “Susan, I’ll do as you say.”
Finally, when we want to join two sentences using conjunctions, the comma should always go before the conjunction. “And,” “but,” “so,” “or,” and “for” are common examples of conjunctions we would use to connect sentences.
Let’s go back to the story: “After waiting for an hour, the doorbell rang. It must have been the delivery man, but they heard suspicious noises outside the door. They opened the door, so the delivery man could enter and give them the pizza.” To their surprise, he was not alone; the superhero and the police were with him. They were there to arrest the whole gang.
Wow, what a strange story! Well, it helped us understand that we use commas as short pauses in a text. Let’s recap the four uses of the comma: we use commas to separate items in enumeration, to clarify meaning, to separate a person’s name when addressing them directly, and to add them before the conjunction when joining sentences.
Well, that was all about commas, friends! See you soon!
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