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Advanced Practice Exercises - Sentence Types
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1
Which of the following is punctuated correctly? Click on the correct item.
A)Embalming corpses became common practice in the United States only in the twentieth century!
B)Embalming corpses became common practice in the United States only in the twentieth century?
C)Did embalming corpses became common practice in the United States only in the twentieth century.
2
Which of the following is punctuated correctly? Click on the correct item.
A)The premier's only talent is the ability to blame everything that's wrong in the state on someone else?
B)The premier's only talent is the ability to blame everything that's wrong in the state on someone else!
C)The premier's only talent is the ability to blame everything that's wrong in the state on someone else. . . .
3
Which of the following is punctuated correctly? Click on the correct item.
A)Was San Francisco nearly destroyed by earthquake and fire in 1906?
B)San Francisco was nearly destroyed by earthquake and fire in 1906?
C)Was San Francisco nearly destroyed by earthquake and fire in 1906.
4
Which of the following is punctuated correctly? Click on the correct item.
A)Did you know that delicatessen means "delicate eating" in German.
B)Did you know that delicatessen means "delicate eating" in German?
C)Delicatessen means "delicate eating" in German?
5
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A)The population of China exceeds an astounding one billion!
B)The population of China exceeds an astounding one billion?
C)The population of China exceeds an astounding one billion. . . .
6
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A)Macdonald, not Mackenize, was the first prime minister of Canada?
B)Macdonald, not Mackenize, was the first prime minister of Canada!
C)Macdonald, not Mackenize, was the first prime minister of Canada.
7
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A)In 1983, Brian Mulroney and the Conservatives were elected in a landslide; his party secured the largest majority in Canadian history with 211 seats!
B)Wasn't the 1983 election of Brian Mulroney and the Conservatives the largest majority in Canadian history.
C)In 1983, Brian Mulroney and the Conservatives were elected in a landslide; his party secured the largest majority in Canadian history with 211 seats?
8
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A)Brizo, an ancient Greek goddess, was the protector of sailing?
B)Was Brizo, an ancient Greek goddess, the protector of sailing.
C)Brizo, an ancient Greek goddess, was the protector of sailing.







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