Free practice on Spelling, Pronunciation and Punctuation for Class 4, following the Cameroon primary school curriculum (English subsystem). Every answer is explained, so a parent who is not sure of the answer can still help.
Use capitals for: start of a sentence; names of people and places; the word 'I'; days and months; titles like Mr, Dr; and the first word inside speech marks.
| Rule | Example |
|---|---|
| Sentence start | The girl went home. |
| Names of people | Ekema, Bih, Ngu |
| Places | Bamenda, Douala, Cameroon |
| Days / months | Monday, October |
| The word I | Mama and I cooked. |
| Titles | Dr. Njoh, Mrs. Manka |
Full stop . ends a statement. Question mark ? ends a question. Exclamation mark ! shows strong feeling. Comma , shows a pause or separates a list. Apostrophe ' shows possession or missing letters (don't = do not).
| Mark | Use | Example |
|---|---|---|
| . | End a statement | I like rice. |
| ? | End a question | Do you like rice? |
| ! | Strong feeling | How tasty this rice is! |
| , | Pause / list | I bought rice, beans, and fish. |
| ' | Possession / short form | It's Ngu's book. |
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
Answer: B. My name is Ojong.
Start with a capital letter, capitalize names, end with a full stop.
Which punctuation mark ends a question?
Answer: C. ?
Questions end with a question mark (?).
Where should the comma go? 'I bought bananas oranges and pawpaw.'
Answer: B. After 'bananas' and after 'oranges'
Commas separate items in a list.
Type the sentence with correct capital letters: 'yaounde is the capital of cameroon'
Write your answer, then check below.
Answer: Yaounde is the capital of Cameroon / Yaoundé is the capital of Cameroon
Names of towns and countries take capital letters.
Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?
Answer: B. The boy's bag is new.
The boy's bag = the bag of the boy.
What punctuation ends: 'What a goal___'
Answer: C. !
Exclamations end with an exclamation mark.
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