Review the concept with Punctuation Study Guide
Punctuation Practice Exercises
Practice 1: Using End Marks Correctly
Choose the proper end mark to use in each of the following sentences.
| 1. | We are planning to go really crazy at our slumber party tonight |
| 2. | Do you think everyone in Topeka, Kansas, will be at the game tonight |
| 3. | The coach asked the team if they were ready to meet the enemy |
| 4. | Me It's not my fault if the secret gets out |
| 5. | Do not blame me if you get there at the wrong time |
Practice 2: Using Other Punctuation Marks Correctly
Rewrite these sentences to correct their punctuation errors, and describe briefly the error you've corrected.
| 1. | The coach's retirement party—which isn't scheduled yet, will be sometime next week. | |
| 2. | We arent going to give him any gifts, he said he didn't want any. | |
| 3. | Who's parents will be the chaperones at our after game party. | |
| 4. | The refreshment list includes these fruits and vegetables, apples, oranges, pineapple, carrots and celery sticks. | |
| 5. | The crowds screams filled the auditorium and practically raised it's roof. | |
| 6. | School ends this year on the twenty third of May, we'll have plenty of time to relax this summer. | |
| 7. | Do you know whether the game starts at 8 or at 8.30? | |
| 8. | I said to my parents This is the most important game of the season and I have to go to it. | |
| 9. | The teams best efforts will be in evidence during this last game. | |
| 10. | Because school spirit is really important to the outcome of the game we hope the team feels the spirit coming from the stand's. |
Answers
Practice 1: Using End Marks Correctly
| 1. | We are planning to go really crazy at our slumber party tonight! |
| 2. | Do you think everyone in Topeka, Kansas, will be at the game tonight? |
| 3. | The coach asked the team if they were ready to meet the enemy. |
| 4. | Me? It's not my fault if the secret gets out! |
| 5. | Do not blame me if you get there at the wrong time. |
Practice 2: Using Other Punctuation Marks Correctly
| 1. | The coach's retirement party—which isn't scheduled yet—will be sometime next week. |
| Incomplete use of dash | |
| 2. | We aren't going to give him any gifts; he said he didn't want any. |
| Apostrophe missing from contraction; missing semicolon | |
| 3. | Whose parents will be the chaperones at our after-game party? |
| Incorrect use of pronoun; missing hyphen; missing question mark | |
| 4. | The refreshment list includes these fruits and vegetables: apples,oranges, pineapple, carrots, and celery sticks. |
| Missing colon; missing series comma | |
| 5. | The crowd's screams filled the auditorium and practically raised its roof. |
| Plural noun should be a possessive; contraction of it's used instead of correct its | |
| 6. | School ends this year on the twenty-third of May; we'll have plenty of time to relax this summer. |
| Hyphen needed in twenty-third; semicolon needed for compound sentence | |
| 7. | Do you know whether the game starts at 8 or at 8:30? |
| Colon needed in time 8:30 | |
| 8. | I said to my parents, "This is the most important game of the season and I have to go to it." |
| Direct quotation requires introductory comma and quotation marks | |
| 9. | The team's best efforts will be in evidence during this last game. |
| Possessive requires apostrophe | |
| 10. | Because school spirit is really important to the outcome of the game, we hope the team feels the spirit coming from the stands. |
| Comma required after dependent introductory clause; incorrect possessive instead of plural of the word stand |
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