Log in
Sign up for FREE
arrow_back
Library

*GRAMMAR 13.2 PRACTICE (due date: Tuesday, January 11)

star
star
star
star
star
Last updated over 2 years ago
20 questions
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

NOT HAPPY WITH YOUR SCORE?

REDO CODE: RTCEXL

PART 1 of 1

DIRECTIONS:
1. Complete each sentence by adding quotation marks and other punctuation. (20 points)
*Copy and paste the entire sentence into the box.
*Look at what is written in parentheses to determine what to include.
*Look at the number in parentheses to determine the exact number of words that should be in each set of quotation marks.
Question 1
1.

It was first published in a California newspaper under the title Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)
(6 words)

Question 2
2.

The farmer explained that in a flock of sheep the male parent of a lamb is called the sire and the female parent is the dam
(2 sets of quotation marks, 1 period)
(1 word; 1 word)

Question 3
3.

Before I read the essay How to Look at Modern Art, I was puzzled by abstract paintings and sculptures.
(1 set of quotation marks)
(6 words)

Question 4
4.

Do you know the first line of Robert Frost’s poem The Road Not Taken
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 question mark)
(4 words)

Question 5
5.

The Basenji is sometimes called the barkless dog although it growls and whines like other dogs, its bark has a hoarse, hollow sound.
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 semicolon)
(2 words)

Question 6
6.

Did you see the article Who’s Middle Class in today’s paper?
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 question mark)
(3 words)

Question 7
7.

During the English Civil War in the mid-1600s, Puritan supporters of parliamentary government were nicknamed Roundheads because of their close-cropped hair.
(1 set of quotation marks)
(1 word)

Question 8
8.

Erma Bombeck writes a humor column called At Wit’s End
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)
(3 words)

Question 9
9.

Do you know how to say How much does this cost in French?
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 question mark)
(5 words)

Question 10
10.

The first line in the article about attending college asked the question, Why is college important
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 question mark)
(4 words)

Question 11
11.

Have you read Joyce Kilmer’s poem Trees
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 question mark)
(1 word)

Question 12
12.

The Audience, by C. Walter Hoges, is a story that recreates Columbus’s appearance before the king and queen of Spain.
(1 set of quotation marks)
(2 words)

Question 13
13.

My British cousin uses the word bumbershoot when she is referring to an umbrella.
(1 set of quotation marks)
(1 word)

Question 14
14.

My little brother loves to recite Humpty Dumpty Jack and Jill and Mary Had a Little Lamb
(3 sets of quotation marks, 2 commas, 1 period)
(2 words; 3 words; 5 words)

Question 15
15.

My first article as an environmental reporter was entitled Recycled Products Save Landfill Space
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)
(5 words)

Question 16
16.

Are you sure she said, The note will be on the back door
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 question mark)
(8 words)

Question 17
17.

Lindsay asked me, Is your mom feeling better
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 question mark)
(5 words)

Question 18
18.

I am currently reading The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)
(5 words)

Question 19
19.

Concord Hymn is a poem written by Ralph Waldo Emerson.
(1 set of quotation marks)
(2 words)

Question 20
20.

Congratulations, the winner of the short story contest is One Sunny Day
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 exclamation point)
(3 words)