English (Compulsory) Class 9 Chapter 7: Punctuation, Capitalisation, Spelling and Proofreading

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• Class 9
• English (Compulsory)
• Unit 7
• Book pages Class 9 book pp 17-28 and 80-88 (themes only)
• FBISE SSC-I

Chapter summary

Good punctuation makes meaning clear. Let's eat, Grandma and Let's eat Grandma use the same words but mean very different things. In the paper, Q4(c) gives a paragraph with six mistakes in punctuation and capital letters, and you correct them (3 marks).

Topics in this chapter

• Full stop, comma, semicolon, colon, apostrophe, quotation marks, question and exclamation marks, dash, brackets
• Capitalisation and hyphens (hyphenated nouns/adjectives)
• Spelling, -ough words, commonly confused words
• Proofreading and editing (sentence structure, agreement, reference words)
• Mixed topics

Sample questions

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1. Punctuate the sentence: "where is the nearest hospital asked the old man" (1 marks)
2. Complete with the correct -ough word: "The soil was hard and ____________ to dig." (rough / tough / dough) (1 marks)
3. Proofread the sentence: "Ali told Bilal that he had passed." Make the meaning clear. (1 marks)

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English (Compulsory) tests reading, writing, grammar and comprehension. Read a little every day, learn the formats of letters and essays, and practise unseen passages.