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1.4.1. Using Capital Letters

We all know that every sentence starts with a capital letter. MINTS is a simple set of rules that assist you in correctly
capitalising words as shown below:

N-Names
M-Months I-the letter 'I'
(people, places, things)
My favourite Deepa and I are
Rachna is going to Agra
month is August. best friends.
to see the Taj Mahal.

T-Titles S-Start of Sentences
My favourite book We are going to see
is Vampire Diaries a movie.

1.4.2. Using Punctuation

In English, there are 15 primary punctuation symbols or signs. Full stop or period, comma, question mark, exclamation
mark, apostrophe, colon, semicolon, Em Dash, hyphen, parenthesis, quotation mark, bracket, brace, ellipsis, and bullet
point are examples of punctuation.

Comma, Full Stop.
Jack is a clever, healthy Prof. Sharma teaches Quotation Mark" "
dog. Design Thinking. She said, "I am tired."

Question Mark? Apostrophe'
Exclamation!
What is your roll This is my teacher's
Alas! I lost my wallet!
number? book.

1.4.3. Basic Parts of Speech

Parts of speech are the various types of words that humans use in sentences. Nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs, and
adverbs are the basic parts of speech. Let us understand these.
Part of Speech Definition Purpose Example Sentence
A word that names a
The monkey ran up the tree.
Noun person, place, thing, Person, place, or thing Agra, monkey
I am going to Agra.
or idea.
A word that shows
The boy was crying.
Verb action or a state of action/doing words ran, crying
The cat ran after the mouse.
being.
A word that describes
He was driving a red car.
Adjective or modifies a noun or describes a noun Red, long
I have long hair.
pronoun.
A word that modifies describes the verb, The airplane was flying above
Adverb a verb, adjective, or adjective, or another above, quickly the clouds.
another adverb. adverb The cat drinks milk quickly.
A word that takes the She is speaking quite gently.
Pronoun replaces the noun she, he, it, you
place of a noun. You should brush your teeth.

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