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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