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 |
Related:
# | 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:
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(a) Punctuation mark
(b) Plant
(c) Fish
(d) Semi-precious stone
a vampire symbol, seriously
what it is used for
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