DIRECTIONS:
1. Complete each sentence with the correct end mark. (10 points)
*Select one of the options from the multiple choices listed.
2. Identify the type of sentence it is. (10 points)
*Select one of the options from the multiple choices listed.
End Mark: I believe it was Mark Twain
Type: I believe it was Mark Twain
End Mark: Wow, that was a great idea
Type: Wow, that was a great idea
End Mark: Does that information surprise you
Type: Does that information surprise you
End Mark: Without Howe’s sewing machine, people would have to sew by hand
Type: Without Howe’s sewing machine, people would have to sew by hand
End Mark: Wow, books cost way more than I thought
Type: Wow, books cost way more than I thought
End Mark: How did people keep their ears warm before earmuffs were invented
Type: How did people keep their ears warm before earmuffs were invented
End Mark: Thank Chester for helping you with your project
Type: Thank Chester for helping you with your project
End Mark: Where would we be without the safety pin
Type: Where would we be without the safety pin
End Mark: What a bright idea that is
Type: What a bright idea that is
End Mark: Try it sometime to see if it works
Type: Try it sometime to see if it works
DIRECTIONS:
1. Complete each sentence by adding quotation marks and other punctuation. (10 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.
Clarissa yelled, Ouch
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 exclamation mark)
(1 word)
Mom likes to listen to Michael Feinstein sing Isn’t It Romantic
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 question mark)
(3 words)
In tennis a score of zero is called love
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)
(1 word)
Which of these poems by Edgar Allan Poe do you prefer The Bells or The Raven
(2 sets of quotation marks, 1 colon, 1 question mark)
(2 words; 2 words)
I’m going to call my essay How to Proceed to Succeed
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)
(5 words)
Am I Blue was a popular song in my great-grandmother’s youth.
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 question mark)
(3 words)
Did Stephen Crane write a short story called The Open Boat
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 question mark)
(3 words)
For homework Ms. Ruiz assigned Chapter 22, The Great Depression
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)
(3 words)
Do you know what a gofer is?
(1 set of quotation marks)
(1 word)
The Bear is probably William Faulkner’s most famous short story.
(1 set of quotation marks)
(2 words)
DIRECTIONS:
1. Identify the words that should be italicized in each sentence. (10 points)
*Look at the number in parentheses to determine the exact number of words to put in the box.
The h on his computer keyboard didn’t work. (1)
My grandparents sent me a postcard of Michelangelo’s statue David. (1)
We rode aboard the Delta Queen, a remodeled steamboat. (2)
Roberto made a delicious Puerto Rican dish called monfongo con caldo. (3)
Jennifer’s mom, a carpenter, appeared on the television series This Old House. (3)
Whitman was in tune with the zeitgeist, or “spirit of the times,” of the 1850s. (1)
Bach’s Mass in B Minor is a great choral work. (4)
The word carols comes a Greek word. (1)
I looked at the poster and realized I’d left out the c! (1)
Dad christened his new boat Daybreak. (1)