Punctuations

1. Begin every sentence with Capital letter.

2. End every sentence with period or question mark.

3. Use Comma:

*between items in a list of three or more things: sing, dance and play.

*before a coordinating conjuction: I like eating at restaurants, but they are expensive.

*after subordinating clause at the begining of the sentence: after driving, you will feel tired.

*after an introductory word or pharase e.g. Nowadays, Recently, Firstly, Secondly, Finally, Furthermore, In addition, Also, However, By contrast, On the other hand, In my opinion,...: furthermore, there would be less pollution.

*to seperate nonessential information that can be removed: tomato, that's cultivated in mexico, is used around the world.

*We don't usually put a comma after the word "that": e.g. It is clear that the rate of immigration increased.

4. Use Apostrophes:

*add ' to the end of regular plural nouns: the animals' cages

*Avoid contractions in IELTS writing: Use "do not" instead of "don't"