Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which sentence is not
punctuated correctly?
a. | I have a dog with white
spots? | c. | I love this
game! | b. | I ate in a restaurant last night. | d. | Were you tardy again? |
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Choose the appropriate
places for periods.
In the
trees by our house(a) the birds were chattering(b) the air was crisp and the sun was bright(c) for a
winter day(d)
a. | a and b | c. | a and d | b. | b and d | d. | c and d |
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Punctuation—Use Commas
Appropriately--RIT 201-210
1. Choose the punctuation that should go in the
blank.
James __ clean up your
room now!
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Waiting impatiently(a) the
students shoved(b) and jostled each other(c) at the bus stop.
Weighed down by his heavy
backpack(d) Pete was squeezed to the end of the line. The bright
yellow bus(e) arrived in a blur
of flashing lights and familiar faces. Knowing it was inevitable(f)
the students boarded the bus
to school.
Where should commas
be placed?
a. | b, c, d | c. | b, c, f | b. | a, c, d | d. | a, d, f |
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Which sentence is correctly
punctuated?
a. | When you’re finished cleaning
your room you may leave for the game. | c. | When you’re finished cleaning your room. You may leave for the
game. | b. | When you’re finished cleaning your room, you may leave for the
game. | d. | When you’re finished cleaning your room; you may
leave for the game. |
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Which sentence is punctuated
correctly?
a. | Billy, on the other hand turned his
report in yesterday. | c. | Billy, on the
other hand, turned his report in yesterday. | b. | Billy on the other hand turned his report in
yesterday. | d. | Billy on the other hand, turned his
report in yesterday. |
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Which sentence is punctuated
correctly?
a. | The parakeet meanwhile squawked
endlessly. | c. | The parakeet
meanwhile, squawked endlessly. | b. | The parakeet meanwhile squawked, endlessly. | d. | The parakeet, meanwhile, squawked
endlessly. |
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Punctuation—Use
Enclosing Punctuation--RIT 201-210
Which sentence is punctuated
correctly?
a. | Have you read The Most Dangerous
Game in English class? | c. | Have you read
“The Most Dangerous Game” in English class? | b. | Have you read the most Dangerous Game in English
class? | d. | Have you read The Most Dangerous Game in English
class? |
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Which sentence uses commas
correctly?
a. | The students, gave the principal Mr.
Smith a special award. | c. | The students gave
the principal, Mr. Smith a special award. | b. | The students gave the principal, Mr. Smith, a special
award. | d. | The students gave the principal Mr. Smith, a special
award. |
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