Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Punctuation—Use
Appropriate End Punctuation--RIT 191-200
Do you know the name of the governor of the
state____
Which punctuation is needed for the above sentence?
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Which of the following is not punctuated
correctly?
a. | Dear Bob: | c. | I am
going to start in the game Friday. | b. | How have you
been? | d. | Are you getting along with your
roommate? |
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Punctuation—Use Commas
Appropriately--RIT 191-200
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
a. | Since, I’m starting in the game today, I’m
really nervous. | c. | Since I’m starting, in the game
today, I’m really nervous. | b. | Since I’m
starting in the game today, I’m really nervous. | d. | Since I’m
starting in the game today; I’m really nervous. |
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Which sentence is punctuated
correctly?
a. | Tim- worrying about his lost dog- missed the
teacher’s instructions for the assignment. | c. | Tim
(worrying about his lost dog) missed the teacher’s instructions for the
assignment. | b. | Tim: worrying
about his lost dog, missed the teacher’s instructions for the
assignment. | d. | Tim, worrying about his lost dog, missed the teacher’s instructions for
the assignment. |
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Which sentence has the comma in the right
place?
a. | Jose went to the game, and, Karla went to a
movie. | c. | Jose went to the game, and Karla went to a
movie. | b. | Jose went to the game and, Karla went to a
movie. | d. | Jose went, to the game, and Karla, went to a
movie. |
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Which sentence is punctuated
correctly?
a. | I wrote a letter to my grandmother, and I mailed it the
next day. | c. | I wrote a letter to my grandmother and, I mailed it the
next day. | b. | I wrote a letter, to my grandmother, and I mailed it the
next day. | d. | I wrote a letter to my grandmother and I mailed it, the next
day. |
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Which word should have a comma following
it?
Carrying a huge box the janitor knocked me into a drinking fountain.
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Choose the correctly punctuated
sentence.
a. | My uncle the one with the fast car offered to give me
driving lessons. | c. | My uncle the one, with the fast car,
offered to give me driving lessons. | b. | My uncle, the one
with the fast car, offered to give me driving lessons. | d. | My uncle the one
with the fast car, offered to give me driving lessons. |
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Which sentence is punctuated
correctly?
a. | Mrs. Barnes our English teacher, taught us how to use
commas. | c. | Mrs. Barnes, our English teacher taught us how to use
commas. | b. | Mrs. Barnes our English teacher taught us how to use
commas. | d. | Mrs. Barnes, our English teacher, taught us how to use
commas. |
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Punctuation—Use
Enclosing Punctuation--RIT 191-200
Which sentence uses quotation marks
correctly?
a. | Let’s go now, “said Joe,” I
can’t wait to get there. | c. | “Let’s go now”, said
Joe. “I can’t wait to get there”. | b. | “Let’s go now, said Joe, I can’t wait to get
there.” | d. | “Let’s go now,” said Joe, “I can’t wait to get
there.” |
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Punctuation—Use
Underlining for Titles--RIT 191-200
1. Which sentence punctuates the title Great
Expectations correctly?
a. | Have you read Dickens’ Great
Expectations? | c. | Have you read Dickens’
“Great Expectations”? | b. | Have you read
Dickens’ “Great Expectations”? | d. | Have you read
Dickens’, Great Expectations? |
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