Punctuating Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Elements

Question 1

Which sentences are correctly punctuated? Check all that apply.Spencer needs to call: her grandmother, her best friend, and her aunt.I tried several new foods on my trip: sushi, dragon fruit, and lychees.Kavita used four different materials in her collage, paper, photos, beads: and shells.Diego studies three kinds of dance: jazz, modern, and tap.He will buy: seeds, potting soil, and a rake for the community garden.

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I tried several new foods on my trip: sushi, dragon fruit, and lychees.; Diego studies three kinds of dance: jazz, modern, and tap.

Question 2

✔ restrictive phraserestrictive clausenonrestrictive phrasenonrestrictive clause

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restrictive phrase

Question 3

✔ thatwhich

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that

Question 4

restrictive phraserestrictive clause✔ nonrestrictive phrasenonrestrictive clause

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nonrestrictive phrase

Question 5

that✔ which

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which

Question 6

Use the drop-down menus to choose the correct relative pronoun for each sentence.

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My hockey team— won the state championships last year—will hold tryouts next week.: which; The mug I broke this morning is my dad’s favorite.: that; Penguins, live in the Southern Hemisphere, are flightless birds.: which

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