| Reference Book | Collins Revised English Grammar and Composition Class 7 |
| Chapter Number | Chapter 23 |
| Chapter Name | Punctuation |
Let’s Get started
Look at these sentences. (Page 142)
1) Let’s eat gradma.
1) Let’s eat , gradma.
2) Rachel Ray finds inspiration in cooking her family and her dog.
2) Rachel Ray finds inspiration in cooking, her family , and her dog.
3) Most of the time travellers worry about their luggage.
3) Most of the time travellers , worry about their luggage.
4) We’re going to learn to cut and paste kids.
4) We’re going to learn to cut and paste , kids.
5) ‘Thank You ! Your donation just helped someone.Get a job.’
5) ‘Thank You ! Your donation just helped someone. Get a job.’
A) Rewrite the sentences using commas and full stops where required. (Page 143)
1. Come what may I’m going to finish this today
1) Come what may , I’m going to finish this today.
2. May I call you in the morning madam?
2) May I call you in the morning , madam?
3. Swayam brings you clean hygienic and wholesome products
3) Swayam brings you clean, hygienic and wholesome products.
4. We are impressed by her performance by her behaviour and by her attitude
4) We are impressed by her performance, by her behaviour and by her attitude.
5. He started preparations for his trip on Monday 26 May on a hot afternoon
5) He started preparations for his trip on Monday, 26 May, on a hot afternoon.
6. In our company we ensure high standards of food safety while cleaning sorting and packaging all products
6) In our company, we ensure high standards of food safety while cleaning, sorting and packaging all products.
7. Brother will you take me with you?
7) Brother, will you take me with you?
8. They never called you back did they?
8) They never called you back, did they?
B) Rewrite the sentences inserting semicolons, colons and commas where needed. (Page 144)
1. While in Himachal Pradesh we plan to visit three people my brother who works in Shimla my aunt who lives near Solan and my friend Sheela who is studying at the Central University of Himachal Pradesh.
1) While in Himachal Pradesh, we plan to visit three people my brother; who works in Shimla; my aunt who lives near Solan, and my friend Sheela, who is studying at the Central University of Himachal Pradesh.
2. It was the poet Ella Wheeler Wilcox who wrote ‘Laugh and the world laughs with you we? and you weep alone.’
2) It was the poet, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, who wrote, ‘Laugh and the world laughs with you ; weep, and you weep alone.’
C) Rewrite the sentences using appropriate punctuation marks. (Page 146)
1. are you not coming with us
1) Are you not coming with us?
2. the audience shouted what a catch
2 The audience shouted, ‘What a catch !’
3 You need a lot of things to be a winner in sports patience hard work perseverance stamina
3) you need a lot of things to be a winner in sports: patience, hard work, perseverance, stamina
4. will you give me a weeks break
4) Will you give me a week’s break?
5. now that it is festival time its raining discounts
5) Now that it is festival time, it’s raining discounts.
6. you did not fill the application form correctly therefore you cannot come for the interview
6) You did not fill the application form correctly; therefore, you cannot come for the interview.
7. ms meenakshi our new project head is a stickler for punctuality
7. Ms Meenakshi, our new project head, is a stickler for punctuality.
8. she asked me where I had gone for my vacation
8) She asked me where I had gone for my vacation.
Let us Write
Rewrite this passage from the story ‘The Gift of the Magi’ by O. Henry using correct punctuation. (Page 146)
Jim, she cried don’t look at me that way I had my hair cut off and sold because | couldnt have lived through Christmas without giving you a present it || grow out again you wont mind will you I just had to do it My hair grows awfully fast Say Merry Christmas Jim and let’s be happy You dont know what a nice what a beautiful nice gift Ive got for you
Youve cut off your hair asked Jim as if he had not arrived at that fact yet even after the hardest mental effort
Cut it off and sold it said Della dont you like me just as well anyhow im me without my hair am i not
‘Jim,’ she cried, don’t look at me that way. I had my hair cut off and sold because I couldn’t have lived through Christmas without giving you a present. It’ll grow out again. You won’t mind, will you? I just had to do it. My hair grows awfully fast. Say Merry Christmas, Jim and let’s be happy. You don’t know what a nice, What a beautiful nice gift I’ve got for you !’
‘You’ve cut off your hair ?’ asked Jim, as if he had not arrived at that fact yet even after the hardest mental effort.
‘Cut it off and sold it,’ said Della. ‘Don’t you like me just as well? Anyhow, I’m me without my hair, am I not ?’
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