Rules for Quotation Marks

eagleThe exact words people say are called a quotation.
  1. A quotation is put in quotation marks which are written like this "....". One pair is placed before the quotation, and one pair after the quotation.
  2. The first word of a quotation begins with a capital letter.
  3. If the quotation tells something, a comma is placed between it and the rest of the sentence.

The Apostrophe

A mark like this ' written between two words is called an apostrophe.
  1. An apostrophe is used when we abbreviate two words by leaving out some letters.
  2. An apostrophe is used to show that something belongs to a person or thing.

Verbs Present, Past, and Future

To Be


Past
Present
Future
I
was
am
will be
You
were
are
will be
He/She
was
is
will be
We
were
are
will be
They
were
are
will be
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