MANUSCRIPT
Capitalization
End Marks
Semicolons/Italicizes/Hyphens
Quotations/Apostrophes
100

What is a social title and when do you abbreviate it? Give an example.

Mistress/Mrs., Mister/Mr., Doctor/Dr.

Abbreviated before a name.

100

1 of the greatest civil rights activists was m.l.k.junior. 

Correct the sentence. 

One of the greatest civil rights activists was M.L. King Jr. 

100
What kind of sentences are these:


1. Fear God and keep his commandments.

2. Give me liberty, or give me death!

3. Whom have I in heaven but thee?

4. Oh my God, Ethan!

Declarative sentence

Imperative sentence

Interrogative sentence

Exclamatory sentence

100

Where do you use a semicolon in this sentence? Explain.

Sean is learning to fly therefore he has no use of his legs.


After fly, before the transitional word

100
Where do the quotations belong?


Robert Frost once said In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.

Robert Frost once said,"In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on."

200

Abby Hornsby is a registered nurse. Abbreviate her degree correctly with proper punctuation.

Abby Hornsby, R.N.

200

What are 5 kinds of particular places that must be capitalized? Give Examples.

Continents

Countries

Sections of the Country

States/Cities

Islands

Bodies of Water

Streets & Highways

Mountains 

Parks.

200

Does this sentence require a comma? Explain.

He is faithful and guides my steps. 

They are two simple sentences with a two part word and need no comma. 

200

What rule does this follow?

A man becomes a Christians; he is not born one.

Combine to simple sentences with semicolon instead of a comma and conjunction.

200

Correct this sentence:

We are what we repeatedly do said Aristotle. excellence then is not an act but a habit.

"We are what we repeatedly do," said Aristotle."Excellence then is not an act but a habit."

300

 The Rev. Nicholas Copernicus is going to tea at 12pm noon on 9th Ave. 

Rewrite the sentence so that it is correct. 

The Reverend Nicolas Copernicus is going to tea at noon on Ninth Avenue.

300

The boy scouts drove a chrysler to the national cherry festival. 

Capitalize the sentence.

The Boy Scouts drove a Chrysler to the National Cherry Festival.

300

Use single commas to separate how many items in a series? 

Write a sentence showcasing this rule. 

3; answers will vary

300

Place a semicolon/colon where needed in these sentences:

From the store, please bring the following butter, milk, eggs, bread, and sugar.

In our car, we can take Kevin, Gavin, and Mason, and Isaiah can take Austin and Evan.  

From the store, please bring the following: butter, milk, eggs, bread, and sugar.

In our fcar, we can take Kevin, Gavin, and Mason; and Isaiah can take Austin and Evan. 

300

Commas and periods always go ________ the closing quotation marks.

Semicolons and Colons always go ________ the closing quotation marks. 

Inside

Outside

400

Rewrite this sentence correctly:

Over 2,000 years ago in four hundred eighty Before Christ, Leonidas led 300 Spartans against Xerxes. 

Over 2,000 years ago in 480 B.C., Leonidas led three-hundred Spartans against Xerxes. 

400

Correct the Capitalization

The poem "i wandered lonely as a cloud" by william wordsworth begins like this:

i wondered lonely as a cloud

that floats on high o'er vales and hills...

The poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" by William Wordsworth begins like this:

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills...

400
Place commas where they are needed:


But he was a tightfisted hand at the grindstone Scrooge! A squeezing grasping scraping clutching covetous old sinner!

But he was a tightfisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner!

400

Which ones need to be italicized?

1. Twelfth Night is the best comedy by William Shakespeare.

2. Frederick Remington's bronze sculpture Cheyenne represents American life in the Far West.

3. In Star Trek, the crew takes The Voyager to "go where no man has gone before".

4. My father in law prefers to read the Miami Herald instead of his local newspaper. 

1. Twelfth Night is the best comedy by William Shakespeare.

2. Frederick Remington's bronze sculpture Cheyenne represents American life in the Far West.

3. In Star Trek, the crew takes The Voyager to "go where no man has gone before".

4. My father in law prefers to read the Miami Herald instead of his local newspaper. 

400

What is the difference between these two sentences?Where do the quotations go?

Who said, It's called a cruel irony like my dependence on you?

Titus said, Why, there they are both, baked in that pie; Whereof their mother daintily hath fed, Eating the flesh that she herself hath bred.


Who said, "It's called a cruel irony like my dependence on you"?

Titus said, "Why, there they are both, baked in that pie; Whereof their mother daintily hath fed, Eating the flesh that she herself hath bred."

500

Becca & Emily went to help hand out 36 pamphlets for the school play at 4:00 o'clock pm.

Becca and Emily went to help hand out thirty-six pamphlets for the school play at 4:00 pm. 

500

nasa's kennedy spacce center at cape canaveral is frequently visited by foreign dignitaries.

NASA's Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral is frequently visited by foreign dignitaries. 

500

Correct these sentences:

While cooking your sister wants you to help her with her homework.

Mount Vernon the home of George Washington is located in Virginia. 

Joseph Henry an American Physicist became famous for his discoveries in electromagnetism. 

Comma after cooking to avoid misreading. 

Commas around non-essential elements

Commas for appositive phrases.

500

Which hyphens are correct/in-correct? Explain why.

1. st-ar

2. Se-agull

3. Fifty-second Street

4. One Quarter

(Bonus: Incorrect)

1. star

2. sea-gull

3. Correct

4. Hyphenate fractions

500

Put correct quotations around this quote:

Who said I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country asked Terri

"Who said, 'I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country'?" asked Terri

M
e
n
u