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

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20 questions

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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.
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)

1

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)

1

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)

1

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)

1

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)

1

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

1

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)

1

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

1

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

1

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)

1

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

1

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)

1

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

1

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)

1

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

1

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

1

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

1

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

1

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

1

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