Using Punctuation

Question 1

A writer should hyphenate a compound modifier that

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comes before the noun it modifies.

Question 2

When separating items in a list, a writer should

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add a comma before the “and” before the last item.

Question 3

Which sentences contain phrases that are hyphenated correctly? Select 3 options.Over a-third of our class walks to school, while another-third rides the bus.The recipe only uses one-sixteenth of a cup of sugar per thirty-two cupcakes.We planted forty-two trees, but the twenty-two apple trees were my favorites.I will be twenty-five years old the same year that my grandma is one-hundred.We had to memorize twenty-one verses, which was only one-half of the poem.

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The recipe only uses one-sixteenth of a cup of sugar per thirty-two cupcakes.; We planted forty-two trees, but the twenty-two apple trees were my favorites.; We had to memorize twenty-one verses, which was only one-half of the poem.

Question 4

When a descriptive word, phrase, or clause is essential to the meaning of a sentence, that element is

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restrictive.

Question 5

Read the sentence.We’re performing a scene from my favorite book (the second in the trilogy).

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The writer correctly uses parentheses to de-emphasize a nonrestrictive element in the sentence.

Question 6

Read the passage.Hanna and Ai-Lin had to wait in line for three hours to buy concert tickets. Then, they had to park a mile away and wait for forty five minutes to get into the stadium. Over one thousand people attended the concert!

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“forty five.”

Question 7

Which types of punctuation can be used to set off a nonrestrictive element in a sentence? Select 3 options.commasdasheshyphensparenthesesquotation marks

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commas; dashes; parentheses

Question 8

Read the sentence.We’re not sure if the tickets are for the preview night, the opening night, this weekend or next week.

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There should be a comma after “weekend.”

Question 9

When items in a list already contain commas, the writer should separate the items in the list using

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semicolons.

Question 10

Read the sentence.The entire first period class agreed that yesterday’s algebra homework which the teacher assigned was a really fun challenge.

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Insert commas around “which the teacher assigned” because it is a nonrestrictive element.

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