Common English Symbols You Should Know

Common Signs and Symbols in English that You should Know:

What these English Symbols are called:

Symbol	Meaning
.	full stop
,	comma
?	question mark
!	exclamation mark
:	colon
;	semi-colon
–	hyphen (dash)
&	ampersand
/	virgule (forward slash)
\	reversed virgule (backward slash)
@	at

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#	hash
‘	apostrophe
~	tilde
*	asterisk
´	acute accent
`	grave accent
“	quotation mark
( )	left / right parentheses
[]	left / right square bracket
{}	left / right brace
<>	left / right angle bracket

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What these English Symbols are used for:

Symbol	Meaning
&	and
~	approximately / about / more or less
@	At
°	Degree
=	equals/is the same as
>	greater / better / more than
∞	Infinity
<	less / smaller than
–	Minus
#	Number

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¶	Paragraph
%	percent
+	plus (in addition to)
§	Section
\	therefore
24/7	24 hours a day, 7 days a week
404	Not Found /  I don’t know
2D	Two dimensional
3D	Three dimensional
4D	Four dimensional
4WD	Four wheel drive

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English Communication Symbols:

Symbol	Meaning
O:-)	Angelic
😀	Big smile
:-/	Confused
:-e	Disappointed
:->	Evil grin
😐	Indifferent
:-*	Kiss

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:-))	Laughing
🙁	Sad
:-@	Screaming
😮	Shocked or surprised
:-O	Shouting
🙂	Smiling
:-Q	Smoking
😛	Thinking
:-&	Tongue tied (You don’t know what to say)
:-[	Vampire
😎	Wide-eyed and smiling / Wearing glasses and smiling
😉	Winking

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Worksheet:

Ques. An aster is a type of what?
(a) Punctuation mark
(b) Plant
(c) Fish
(d) Semi-precious stone
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