Brief initial assessment to provide baseline data on student knowledge of basic punctuation.
Question 1
1.
Jonathan the new neighbor next door is a police officer.
Question 2
2.
This is a true story about the capture of the Massachusettes whale ship Ocmulgee by the Confederate ship Alabama.
Question 3
3.
What I'm about to do is definitely crazy he thought.
Question 4
4.
As with any new drug or medical procedure a balance must be struck between effective treatment and potentially harmful side effects.
Question 5
5.
Tamara lives in Burbank California near the film studios.
Question 6
6.
She is brave loyal and kind.
Question 7
7.
Mail it by May 4 2019 to the Hampton Company 321 Market Street Memphis Tennessee.
Question 8
8.
Maria how can I help you?
Question 9
9.
Hard workers as you know never quit.
Question 10
10.
The following is the CORRECT use of a semicolon, but WHY?
Money is the root of all evil; I don’t believe the reverse is necessarily true.
Question 11
11.
Question 12
12.
What is a clause?
Question 13
13.
What is an independent clause?
Question 14
14.
What is a dependent clause?
Question 15
15.
Which options contain independent clauses?
Question 16
16.
Which options contain dependent clauses?
Question 17
17.
While I ate the last taco, my brother stood in line to buy some more.
Question 18
18.
They were out of tacos, and my brother was still hungry.
Question 19
19.
We hurried to another restaurant to buy food.
Question 20
20.
After we got more food for my brother, he was happy, and I knew we would need to plan ahead for our next meal.
Which SEMICOLON is used correctly? Choose ALL that apply.
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
Reports of the damage caused by the hurricane were greatly exaggerated; indeed, the storm was not a “hurricane” at all.
I hadn't slept well; my arm burned and my head ached.
The faces around him displayed nothing but shock; he might have announced that he wanted to borrow one of their arms.
Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
I love; cats.
My plan included taking him to a nice—though not necessarily expensive—dinner; going to the park to look at the stars, which, by the way, are amazing this time of year; and serenading him with my accordion.
The students had been advised against walking alone at night; however, Cathy decided walking wasn’t dangerous if it was early in the evening.
I need the weather statistics for the following cities: London, England; London, Ontario; Paris, France; Paris, Ontario; Perth, Scotland; Perth, Ontario.
She is small and sprightly, like a bantam hen; but, due to a long youthful illness, her shoulders are pitifully hunched.
There was no point in worrying Mrs. Dursley; she always got so upset at any mention of her sister.