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Advanced Practice Exercises - Quotation Marks
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1
Click on the sentence that is punctuated correctly.
A)One of the most famous newspaper headlines is '38 Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police.'
B)One of the most famous newspaper headlines is "38 Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police".
C)One of the most famous newspaper headlines is "38 Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police."
2
Click on the sentence that is punctuated correctly.
A)On the topic of effort, P.D. James wrote, "God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest".
B)On the topic of effort, P.D. James wrote, 'God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest.'
C)On the topic of effort, P.D. James wrote, "God gives every bird his worm, but He does not throw it into the nest."
3
Click on the sentence that is punctuated correctly.
A)After the Rangers won the Stanley Cup, one New York newspaper ran this headline: "The Long Wait Is Over!"
B)After the Rangers won the Stanley Cup, one New York newspaper ran this headline: "The Long Wait Is Over"!
C)After the Rangers won the Stanley Cup, one New York newspaper ran this headline: The Long Wait Is Over!
4
Click on the sentence that is punctuated correctly.
A)In his inaugural address, John F. Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country".
B)In his inaugural address, John F. Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."
C)In his inaugural address, John F. Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
5
Click on the sentence that is punctuated correctly.
A)Aesop said, "Please all, and you will please none."
B)Aesop said, "Please all, and you will please none".
C)Aesop said, 'Please all, and you will please none.'
6
Click on the sentence that is punctuated correctly.
A)Commenting on his meal in the new bistro, the restaurant critic wrote, "The food tastes good, but the lights are so low you're not quite sure what's on your plate.
B)Commenting on his meal in the new bistro, the restaurant critic wrote, "The food tastes good, but the lights are so low you're not quite sure what's on your plate".
C)Commenting on his meal in the new bistro, the restaurant critic wrote, "The food tastes good, but the lights are so low you're not quite sure what's on your plate."
7
Click on the sentence that is punctuated correctly.
A)Joan said, "I could swear it was Mary Queen of Scots who proclaimed, In my end is my beginning."
B)Joan said, "I could swear it was Mary Queen of Scots who proclaimed, 'In my end is my beginning.'"
C)Joan said, "I could swear it was Mary Queen of Scots who proclaimed, 'In my end is my beginning'."
8
Click on the sentence that is punctuated correctly.
A)"Human history", wrote H. G. Wells, "becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe."
B)"Human history," wrote H. G. Wells, "becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe."
C)"Human history," wrote H. G. Wells, "becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe".
9
Click on the sentence that is punctuated correctly.
A)You may prefer the Beatles' song "Yesterday", but "Let It Be" is my favourite.
B)You may prefer the Beatles' song "Yesterday," but "Let It Be" is my favourite.
C)You may prefer the Beatles' song 'Yesterday,' but 'Let It Be' is my favourite.
10
Click on the sentence that is punctuated correctly.
A)In his lecture on dreams and mythology, Joseph Campbell wrote, "Dream is the personalized myth, myth the depersonalized dream."
B)In his lecture on dreams and mythology, Joseph Campbell wrote, 'Dream is the personalized myth, myth the depersonalized dream.'
C)In his lecture on dreams and mythology, Joseph Campbell wrote, "Dream is the personalized myth, myth the depersonalized dream".







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