Capitalization, Punctuation, and Spelling

Question 1

Which sentence is written correctly?

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Ms. Andrade showed us a documentary in class today because the film “focuses on a similar subject” to a book we are going to read.

Question 2

Read the sentence.Kari and Misha, who have known each other since first grade are both yearbook editors and photographers.Where should a comma be placed in this sentence?

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after “grade”

Question 3

Read the excerpt from “The Gettysburg Address,” Abraham Lincoln’s famous speech.Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war.Which quotation correctly uses ellipsis to shorten Lincoln’s words?

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Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation . . . can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war.

Question 4

Read the excerpt from "On Women’s Right to Vote,” an 1873 speech by Susan B. Anthony.Our democratic-republican government is based on the idea of the natural right of every individual member thereof to a voice and a vote in making and executing the laws.Which quotation correctly uses ellipsis to shorten Anthony’s words?

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Our democratic-republican government is based on the idea of the natural right of every individual member thereof to . . . a vote in making and executing the laws.

Question 5

Read the excerpt from “On Women’s Right to Vote,” an 1873 speech by Susan B. Anthony.It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity, but to the whole people—women as well as men.Which quotation correctly uses ellipsis to shorten Anthony’s words?

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It was we, the people . . . not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union. And we formed it, not to give the blessings of liberty, but to secure them; not to the half of ourselves and the half of our posterity . . . .

Question 6

Read the sentence.Ming and her sister who is home from college for spring break organized a bake sale to benefit the victims of the fire.Which version of the sentence has correctly placed commas?

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Ming and her sister, who is home from college for spring break, organized a bake sale to benefit the victims of the fire.

Question 7

Read the excerpt from "Votes for Women,” a speech by Mark Twain from 1901.I should like to see the time come when women shall help to make the laws. I should like to see that whiplash, the ballot, in the hands of women.Which quotation correctly uses an ellipsis to shorten Twain's words without changing their meaning?

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I should like to see the time come when women shall help to make the laws. I should like to see . . . the ballot, in the hands of women.

Question 8

Fill in the blank.The rider tugged on the _______ of her horse to make him slow down.

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reins

Question 9

Fill in the blanks in order.Janelle and Marcus and _______ group went to the library to prepare for the presentation, but the specific book they needed wasn't _______.

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their, there

Question 10

Read the sentence.Marlena, who enjoys many different subjects, likes history and geography the best.Which part of the sentence is the nonrestrictive modifier?

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who enjoys many different subjects

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