Punctuation marks

Punctuation marks. period 句号，comma 逗号：colon 冒号；semicolon 分号！exclamation 惊叹号？question mark 问号￣hyphen 连字符' apostrophe 省略号；所有格符号—dash 破折号‘’single quotation marks 单引号“”double quotation marks 双引号( ) parentheses 圆括号[ ] square brackets 方括号{ } Braces... ellipsis 省略号‖parallel 双线号＆ampersand = and～swung dash 代字号§section; division 分节号→arrow 箭号；参见号＋plus 加号；正号－minus 减号；负号±plus or minus 正负号³is multiplied by 乘号÷is divided by 除号＝is equal to 等于号≠is not equal to 不等于号≈is approximately equal to 约等于号＜is less than 小于号＞is more than 大于号≦is not less than 不小于号≧is not more than 不大于号≤is less than or equal to 小于或等于号≥is more than or equal to 大于或等于号％per cent 百分之…‟per mill 千分之…∵since; because 因为∴hence 所以°degree 度＃number …号℃Celsius system 摄氏度"／" slash"\" back slash,"_" 下划线underline(英式) underscore (美式)†minute 分或foot 英呎‡second 秒或inch 英吋如40' FCL 40呎滿载集裝箱，1" water pipe １吋水管²`Glossary of English Grammar Terms/grammar/grammar-gl ossary.htmActive VoiceIn the active voice, the subject of the verb does the action (eg They killed the President). See also Passive Voice.AdjectiveA word like big, red, easy, French etc. An adjective describes a noun or pronoun.AdverbA word like slowly, quietly, well, often etc. An adverb modifies a verb.ArticleThe "indefinite" articles are a and an. The "definite article" is the.Auxiliary VerbA verb that is used with a main verb. Be, do and have are auxiliary verbs. Can, may, must etc are modal auxiliary verbs.ClauseA group of words containing a subject and its verb (for example: It was late when he arrived). ConjunctionA word used to connect words, phrases and clauses (for example: and, but, if).InfinitiveThe basic form of a verb as in to work or work.InterjectionAn exclamation inserted into an utterance without grammatical connection (for example: oh!, ah!, ouch!, well!).Modal VerbAn auxiliary verb like can, may, must etc that modifies the main verb and expresses possibility, probability etc. It is also called "modal auxiliary verb".NounA word like table, dog, teacher, America etc. A noun is the name of an object, concept, person or place. A "concrete noun" is something you can see or touch like a person or car. An "abstract noun" is something that you cannot see or touch like a decision or happiness. A "countable noun" is something that you can count (for example: bottle, song, dollar). An "uncountable noun" is something that you cannot count (for example: water, music, money).ObjectIn the active voice, a noun or its equivalent that receives the action of the verb. In the passive voice, a noun or its equivalent that does the action of the verb.ParticipleThe -ing and -ed forms of verbs. The -ing form is called the "present participle". The -ed form is called the "past participle" (for irregular verbs, this is column 3).Part Of SpeechOne of the eight classes of word in English -noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction and interjection.Passive VoiceIn the passive voice, the subject receives the action of the verb (eg The President was killed). See also Active Voice.PhraseA group of words not containing a subject and its verb (eg on the table, the girl in a red dress). PredicateEach sentence contains (or implies) two parts: a subject and a predicate. The predicate is what is said about the subject.PrepositionA word like at, to, in, over etc. Prepositions usually come before a noun and give information about things like time, place and direction.PronounA word like I, me, you, he, him, it etc. A pronoun replaces a noun.SentenceA group of words that express a thought. A sentence conveys a statement, question, exclamation or command. A sentence contains or implies a subject and a predicate. In simple terms, a sentence must contain a verb and (usually) a subject. A sentence starts with a capital letter and ends with a full stop (.), question mark (?) or exclamation mark(!).SubjectEvery sentence contains (or implies) two parts: a subject and a predicate. The subject is the main noun (or equivalent) in a sentence about which something is said.TenseThe form of a verb that shows us when the action or state happens (past, present or future). Note that the name of a tense is not always a guide to when the action happens. The "present continuous tense", for example, can be used to talk about the present or the future.VerbA word like (to) work, (to) love, (to) begin. A verb describes an action or state.English The Easy Way/Grammar, Learning Egnlish, British Council /grammar_home_f rame.htmlEnglish Grammar/bally/durrus/153/g ramtoc.htmlEnglish Grammar Help - Rules, Worksheets, Games, Quizzes, Exercises/od/englishgrammar/Englis h_Grammar_Help_Rules_Worksheets_Games_Quizzes _Exercises.htmBusiness English Grammar Lessons/exerciselist.ht mlEnglish grammar in context/course/view.php?i d=2708English Grammar Online/Grammar Games, British Council/grammar/archive/grammar_games_index_page01.html Guide to Grammar and Writing。