Capitalization, Initials, Abbreviations, and Titles
Apostrophes and Commas
Colons and Semicolons
Hyphens and Parentheses
Direct and Indirect Quotes and Letter-writing
100
Proper nouns are always...?
What is capitalized
100
Two ways apostrophes (butterflies) can be used.
What is possessives or contractions
100
Name one way a colon can be used.
What is To set off a list, to separate references in a bibliography
100
What parentheses do.
What is set off an explanation or example
100
A speaker's exact words is this type of quote.
What is Direct Quote
200
Fix the abbreviation in this sentence: mr Eding is our principal.
What is Mr.
200
Two ways commas can be used.
What is series, pairs of adjectives, appositives, introduction words, independent clauses (with conjunction), direct address
200
Name the only way a semicolon can be used.
What is Instead of a comma and a conjunction to separate two independent clauses.
200
Insert the missing parentheses: My mother who is amazing made me chocolate cookies.
What is (who is amazing)
200
Talking about what someone has said is this type of quote.
What is Indirect Quote
300
Titles of books, magazines, newspapers, and movies should be...?
What is underlined (italicized in MLA format)
300
Insert the missing apostrophe: I cant do anything right today.
What is can't
300
Insert the missing colon or semicolon: I have to sell peaches, pears, and walnuts at my school tomorrow.
What is colon after sell (sell:)
300
Insert the missing hyphen: There are twenty one apples in a bag.
What is twenty-one
300
Insert the correct quotation marks in this sentence: Go away, I replied.
What is "Go away," I replied.
400
Titles of songs, stories, and poems should be...?
What is put in quotation marks
400
Insert the missing comma: Unfortunately I cannot get you a job.
What is Unfortunately,
400
Insert the missing colon or semicolon: I am a proficient reader I understand most everything.
What is semicolon after reader (reader;)
400
True or False: parentheses give more emphasis to what is inside them in a sentence.
What is False.
400
Create a sentence that has an indirect quote in it.
What is Teacher will check.
500
Name three words that should not be capitalized in titles when not at the beginning of those titles.
What is the, and, or, not, but, so, etc. (teacher will check)
500
Create a sentence that uses both an apostrophe and a comma.
What is the teacher will check this.
500
Create a sentence that correctly uses a semicolon.
What is Teacher will check.
500
Name three ways that a hyphen can be used.
What is separate syllables in a word, part of some compound words, precedes a noun and acts like an adjective, part of numbers
500
The list of all of the parts of a letter.
What is Heading, greeting, body, closing, and signature
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