Using Punctuation

Question 1

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 2

Which sentence contains a list that is punctuated correctly?

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One day, I hope to own a car, a house, and a boat.

Question 3

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 4

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 5

Sometimes hyphens are used to link words that work together to modify a single noun. These linked words are called

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compound modifiers.

Question 6

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 7

When separating items in a list, a writer should

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

Question 8

Read the sentence.We could choose one of three ice cream flavors that had strawberries: cherries; and blueberries; chocolate chips: peanut butter, and fudge; or almonds: walnuts and pecans.

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We could choose one of three ice cream flavors that had strawberries, cherries, and blueberries; chocolate chips, peanut butter, and fudge; or almonds, walnuts, and pecans.

Question 9

Read the sentence.I spend about half my time, he spends two thirds of his time, and she spends a quarter, or maybe a third, of her time on research.

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I spend about half my time, he spends two-thirds of his time, and she spends a quarter, or maybe a third, of her time on research.

Question 10

A writer should hyphenate a compound modifier that

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comes before the noun it modifies.

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