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DAV: Class VIII English Practice Book Chapter 9: Punctuation

DAV: Class VIII English Practice Book

 Chapter 9: Punctuation

CAPITALS

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Worksheet 1

 1. Read the passage given below and circle the letters that should have been in the capital. Two have been done for you.

 Ans.

The elderly Iyenger brothers recently hit the headlines in Mangalore, India, because until a month ago they had been just next-door neighbours. A local government official was making enquiries about the need for an old people's home and after talking to Rathan and Shekhar about their past, realised the two were related and introduced them. Born and brought up by a maternal aunt up to the age of six years in the village called Iyengarpur, the two separated when the aunt died. Rathan had continued to live with a relative in Iyengarpur while Shekhar had been adopted by an organisation named Ashiana. Rathan is a businessman while Shekhar works for the newspaper The Times'.

 2. Write down when/where you used a capital letter.

(a) To begin a sentence.

(b) The names of people.

(c) The names of places.

 Worksheet 2

1. Imagine your friend is leaving the school. He wants to carry your memories. So he asks you to fill up his slam book. Fill up the page of his slam book using capital letters wherever required:

These are a few of my favourite things.

(a) Name – Sachin Kohli

(b) Born at Patna in January 1998

(c) My favourite T.V. show – Tom and Jerry

(d) My favourite actor – Rajkumar Rao

(e) The teacher I like the most – Mrs Namita Sinha

(f) The funniest movie I've seen – Three Idiots

(g) The book I've liked the most – Animal Farm

(h) A foreign country I'd like to visit - Switzerland

(i) A foreign language that impresses me - English

(j) A mountain peak I'd love to climb – Mount Everest

(k) A river I'd like to swim in – The Ganga

Where do you use capital letters to answer the above queries?

Ans. Proper nouns of persons, places or things.

FULL STOPS

 Worksheet 3

1. Read the letter Sheila wrote .... (For full question, refer to the book.)

Ans. 

Dear Mom

I've settled down with my new job thanks to Nicky, my colleague and friend. She is amazing! It must be the way she was brought up because I've never known anyone so neat and organised as she is. If you go into her flat there's never washing up to be done and everything has been put away in drawers and cupboards. In fact I feel a bit of a mess when I'm with her. You know, she has the most beautiful long, jet black hair and even when she gets up in the morning. It looks perfect! Apart from feeling incredibly jealous, I like her a lot. Although she belongs to Pune and is a Maharashtrian, she had her education at Delhi. She is a graduate from Lady Shri Ram College. How are things at home? Do take care of your health.

With lots of love,

Your daughter

Sheila

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Worksheet 4

1. Look at the picture .... (For full question, refer to the book.)

DO NOT TOUCH - 9

CAR PARK - 5

FENCE - 2

WORK IN PROGRESS - 3

HOT TEA - 6

DO NOT TRESPASS - 1

HIND PETROLEUM - 4

KEEP OFF THE GRASS - 7

ALEX PARK - 8

2. Fill in the following boxes:

a list of your favourite foods

 

a good label from your kitchen

 

a street name

Pizza, noodles, momos

 

Patanjali Atta

 

Boring Road

What do you notice …. (For full question, refer to the book.)

Ans. Signs, lists, labels and notices do not need a full stop.

For Worksheet 5 to Worksheet 16:

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