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1
Click on the sentence that uses correct punctuation.
A)The choir sang the minister's favourite song: "Amazing Grace."
B)The choir sang: the minister's favourite song "Amazing Grace."
C)The choir sang the minister's favourite song "Amazing Grace."
2
Click on the sentence that uses correct punctuation.
A)Goldie's Café: serves my favourite dish Hungarian goulash.
B)Goldie's Café serves my favourite dish: Hungarian goulash.
C)Goldie's Café serves my favourite dish Hungarian goulash.
3
Click on the sentence that uses correct punctuation.
A)John is very acrobatic, he does splits with no effort at all.
B)John is very acrobatic: he does splits with no effort at all.
C)John is very acrobatic he does splits with no effort at all.
4
Click on the sentence that uses correct punctuation.
A)Peter has many hobbies writing letters, reading mysteries, and collecting stamps.
B)Peter has many hobbies: writing letters, reading mysteries, and collecting stamps.
C)Peter has many hobbies, writing letters, reading mysteries, and collecting stamps.
5
Click on the sentence that uses correct punctuation.
A)The sky suddenly turned black the tornado was rapidly approaching.
B)The sky suddenly turned black, the tornado was rapidly approaching.
C)The sky suddenly turned black: the tornado was rapidly approaching.
6
Click on the sentence that uses correct punctuation.
A)All the classes were filled: there were twenty-six students in each.
B)All the classes were filled, there were twenty-six students in each.
C)All the classes were filled there were twenty-six students in each.
7
Click on the sentence that uses correct punctuation.
A)The British North America Act of 1867 gave nationhood to four provinces Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.
B)The British North America Act of 1867 gave nationhood to four provinces: Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.
C)The British North America Act of 1867 gave nationhood to four provinces, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.
8
Click on the sentence that uses correct punctuation.
A)They will arrive at 10:00 a.m.
B)They will arrive at 10.00 a.m.
C)They will arrive at 1000 a.m.
9
Click on the sentence that uses correct punctuation.
A)The Bureau of Indian Affairs once had many functions: jurisdiction over Indian trade, removal of Indians to western reservations, and administration of lands.
B)The Bureau of Indian Affairs once had many functions. jurisdiction over Indian trade, removal of Indians to western reservations, and administration of lands.
C)The Bureau of Indian Affairs once had: many functions jurisdiction over Indian trade, removal of Indians to western reservations, and administration of lands.
10
Click on the sentence that uses correct punctuation.
A)Sylvia had a reason for being upset: she had lost her handbag.
B)Sylvia had a reason for being upset she had lost her handbag.
C)Sylvia had a reason for being upset, she had lost her handbag.
11
Click on the sentence that uses correct punctuation.
A)At its next meeting, the club will elect two officers a president and a treasurer.
B)At its next meeting, the club will elect two officers: a president and a treasurer.
C)At its next meeting: the club will elect two officers a president and a treasurer.
12
Click on the sentence that uses correct punctuation.
A)John Roebling designed and began the building: of the Brooklyn Bridge.
B)John Roebling designed and began the building of: the Brooklyn Bridge.
C)John Roebling designed and began the building of the Brooklyn Bridge.
13
Click on the sentence that uses correct punctuation.
A)Washington Roebling, the son of John Roebling, completed the Brooklyn Bridge.
B)Washington Roebling, the son of John Roebling, completed: the Brooklyn Bridge.
C)Washington Roebling, the son of John Roebling: completed the Brooklyn Bridge.
14
Click on the sentence that uses punctuation correctly.
A)In Shakespeare's play, Macbeth suffers from a fatal flaw: runaway ambition.
B)In Shakespeare's play, Macbeth suffers from: a fatal flaw runaway ambition.
C)In Shakespeare's play: Macbeth suffers from a fatal flaw runaway ambition.
15
Click on the sentence that uses punctuation correctly.
A)In addition to the maple leaf, several flags have flown over what is now Canada: the cross of St. George, the Union Jack, and the Canadian Red Ensign.
B)In addition to the maple leaf: several flags have flown over what is now Canada the cross of St. George, the Union Jack, and the Canadian Red Ensign.
C)In addition to the maple leaf, several flags have flown over what is now Canada the cross of St. George, the Union Jack, and the Canadian Red Ensign.
16
Choose the sentence that uses correct punctuation.
A)When a man leaves his family: he takes his children's stability and destroys their confidence.
B)When a man leaves his family, he takes: his children's stability and destroys their confidence.
C)When a man leaves his family, he takes his children's stability and destroys their confidence.
17
Choose the sentence that uses correct punctuation.
A)Expressing his faith in democracy: the speaker quoted the introductory phrase of the Constitution Act of 1867, "...peace, order, and good government."
B)Expressing his faith in democracy: the speaker quoted the introductory phrase of the Constitution Act of 1867: "...peace, order, and good government."
C)Expressing his faith in democracy, the speaker quoted the introductory phrase of the Constitution Act of 1867: "...peace, order, and good government."
18
Choose the sentence that uses correct punctuation.
A)Roland is the French hero of the medieval: Song of Roland.
B)Roland is the French hero of the medieval Song of Roland.
C)Roland is the French hero: of the medieval Song of Roland.
19
Choose the sentence that uses correct punctuation.
A)Roland, the hero of the Song of Roland, is also the title character of Ariosto's: Orlando Furioso.
B)Roland, the hero of the Song of Roland, is: also the title character of Ariosto's Orlando Furioso.
C)Roland, the hero of the Song of Roland, is also the title character of Ariosto's Orlando Furioso.
20
Choose the sentence that uses correct punctuation.
A)Rodin's statue of a male nude entitled The Age of Bronze was: both condemned and praised by the critics.
B)Rodin's statue of a male nude entitled The Age of Bronze was both condemned and praised by the critics.
C)Rodin's statue of a male nude entitled: The Age of Bronze was both condemned and praised by the critics.





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