DIRECTIONS:
1. Complete each sentence by adding in the correct punctuation. (8 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 parentheses or brackets.
“Did he peacefully?” she asked.
(1 set of ellipsis points)
When you get a letter from your pen pal I hope you get it soon let me know right away.
(1 set of parentheses; 1 comma)
(6 words)
Birds flying south migrating is one unmistakable sign of fall.
(1 set of parentheses)
(1 word)
At birth a typical Asian elephant weighs about 260 pounds about 118 kilograms
(1 set of parentheses; 1 exclamation mark)
(3 words)
“Come to lunch someday,” he Mr. McKee suggested, as we groaned down in the elevator.
(1 set of brackets)
(2 words)
His parents left on a tour of Scandinavia they toured Norway, Finland, Sweden, and Denmark
(1 set of parentheses; 2 periods; 1 capital letter)
(7 words)
Go to this site it's great in case you didn't already notice to find out more about the solar system.
(1 set of parentheses; 1 set of brackets)
(8 words; 6 words)
I saw the chicken or was it the rooster crossing the road.
(1 set of parentheses; 1 question mark)
(5 words)
National Football League
anno Domini
post meridiem
yards
New York
October
Major
Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Street
millimeter
DIRECTIONS:
1. Choose the number in parentheses that correctly completes each sentence. (10 points)
*Select one of the options from the multiple choices listed.
The airplane was due to arrive from Phoenix at (6:27, six twenty-seven) P.M.
Students, please turn to page (34, thirty-four) in your textbook.
The man appeared to be at least (seventy-five, 75) years old.
They asked us to be there around (7, seven) o’clock.
The U.S. population is approximately (two hundred fifty million, 250 million).
My great-grandmother was born in the (twenties, 20s).
(Sixty-five thousand four hundred, 65,400) people were at the last game.
My new address is (one thousand five hundred thirty-four, 1534) Huron Lake Drive.
Of the 125 tickets sold, (forty-five, 45) were sold to sophomores.
Can I please borrow ($2.50, two dollars and fifty cents)?