Capital letters are used:
1.    At the beginning of a sentence –

Alice is a good girl.
He is a clever boy.
She is very efficient.
They are coming.

The colon (:)
The colon is almost always used after a complete sentence. It is used to indicate that what follows is an explanation of what precedes.
These are the things we need to buy: four chairs, one table, two fans and a mixer grinder.
The problem is this: which came first, the hen or the egg.
The conclusion we have arrived at is: if we want peace we must be prepared for war.

The term punctuation refers to the conventional system of marks used in writing. Punctuation marks are used to display and clarify the structure of the text. In this post we explain the uses of full stop, comma and semicolon.

Non-native students who want to study or work in English-speaking countries such as the USA, Canada and Australia are required to appear for the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) test. More than 6,000 universities/institutions across the world accept TOEFL score.

You can write your TOEFL essay on the paper or on computer. Remember that you have just 30 minutes at your disposal. During this short period you have to plan your essay and then write it.

Read the following sentences:

They were playing in the garden.

He is very fond of his daughter.

She sat on the chair.

Adverbs should be placed as nearly as possible to the verbs they modify. Although some adverbs can occur only in fixed positions in a sentence, most adverbs can come at different places in a sentence.