Question

Punctuate the following:
my father said to rajoo you should not waste your time on sundays

Hint:

Remember the acronym M.I.N.T.S. for capitalization rules: M (Months, Days), I (the pronoun 'I'), N (Names), T (Titles), S (Start of a sentence). This helps ensure all proper nouns and sentence beginnings are capitalized.

Answer 1

Step 1: Understanding the Question:
The task is to apply the correct punctuation marks to the given sentence. This includes capitalization, commas, quotation marks, and full stops.
Step 2: Key Punctuation Rules:

Capitalization: The first word of a sentence must be capitalized. Proper nouns (names of people, days of the week) must also be capitalized.
Direct Speech: A comma is used to separate the reporting clause from the direct speech. The exact words spoken are enclosed in quotation marks ("...").
Quotation Marks: The first word inside the quotation marks is capitalized.
Full Stop: A sentence ends with a full stop (or question mark/exclamation mark).
Step 3: Applying the Rules:

'my' should be 'My'.
'rajoo' is a proper noun, so it should be 'Rajoo'.
'sundays' is a day of the week, so it should be 'Sundays'.
A comma is needed after 'Rajoo'.
Quotation marks are needed around "you should not waste your time on sundays".
'you' inside the quotes should be capitalized to 'You'.
A full stop is needed at the end of the sentence, inside the quotation marks.
The correctly punctuated sentence is: My father said to Rajoo, "You should not waste your time on Sundays."