CBSE Class 8 English Using the Period and Other End Marks Worksheet

Use a period at the end of a declarative sentence.

Marvelous inventions make our lives easier.

Use a period at the end of an imperative sentence.

Please hand me that wrench.

Use a question mark at the end of an interrogative sentence.

Where would the world be without inventors?

Use an exclamation point at the end of an exclamatory sentence or an interjection.

What a great idea that is! Fantastic!
 

Exercise 1 Write dec. in the blank if the sentence is declarative, imp. if it is imperative, int. if it is interrogative, and exc. if it is exclamatory. Add the correct end mark to each sentence.

          int.            Do you know who invented suspenders?

......................... 1. I believe it was Mark Twain.

......................... 2. Wow, that was a great idea!

......................... 3. Does that information surprise you?

......................... 4. Without Howe’s sewing machine, people would have to sew by hand.

......................... 5. I’m sure clothing would cost more.

......................... 6. How did people keep their ears warm before earmuffs were invented?

......................... 7. Thank Chester Greenwood for making the first earmuffs.

......................... 8. Where would we be without the safety pin?

......................... 9. That was the bright idea of Walter Hunt.

......................... 10. What did Robert Goddard invent?

......................... 11. He developed the first rocket engine.

......................... 12. I used Sarah Boone’s invention this morning.

......................... 13. Didn’t she design the first ironing board?

......................... 14. What is your favorite invention?

......................... 15. I couldn’t get along without a library card.

......................... 16. Philo Farnsworth invented television in 1930.

......................... 17. Do you think Farnsworth would like The Simpsons?

......................... 18. The first popular comic strip, Hogan’s Alley, appeared in 1895.

......................... 19. The first zippers replaced buttons on high-button shoes.

......................... 20. Did it take a long time to button those shoes?

......................... 21. Sometimes it took as long as fifteen minutes.

......................... 22. Whew, that’s a long time!

......................... 23. Long ago, people bathed with a mixture of ashes and water.

......................... 24. Then they applied oil or grease.

......................... 25. Finally they rinsed with clean water.

......................... 26. Try it sometime to see if it works.

......................... 27. My goodness, what a strange way to get clean!

......................... 28. Actually, the chemicals in ashes and grease are similar to those in modern soap.

......................... 29. Early people probably got themselves quite clean.

......................... 30. Compare that method with the one we use today.

......................... 31. Think of William Addis the next time you brush your teeth.

......................... 32. The history of the toothbrush is very interesting.

......................... 33. William Addis invented the toothbrush in 1770.

......................... 34. He bored a hole in a small piece of bone and glued in some bristles.

......................... 35. What a clever man Addis was!

......................... 36. If it weren’t for him, we’d still be cleaning our teeth with rags.

......................... 37. Someday somebody might invent a machine that turns off gravity.

......................... 38. Hey, that would be fun!