Periods and Commas
Add periods and commas where needed:
Dear Mary
Here is a poem I wrote for your family
Dear Mary,
Here is a poem I wrote for your family.
Add exclamation points, question marks, semicolons, and colons where needed:
What do we need to make pound cake for the bake sale
What do we need to make pound cake for the bake sale?
Add quotation marks and underline to show italics where needed:
She asked the class to read the article Ruffled Feathers in Birding for homework.She asked the class to read the article "Ruffled Feathers in Birding" for homework.
Add apostrophes, hyphens, dashes, and ellipses where needed:
She graduated in 99.
She graduated in '99.
Identify what in the sentence needs to be capitalized:
several training facilities are located in the west.Several training facilities are located in the West.
Add periods and commas where needed:
W B Yeats was a famous Irish poet
W. B. Yeats was a famous Irish poet.
Add exclamation points, question marks, semicolons, and colons where needed:
Oh my this pound cake is delicious
Oh my, this pound cake is delicious!
Add quotation marks and underline to show italics where needed:
Mrs. Filippo brought several issues of Newsweek to the classroom.
Mrs. Filippo brought several issues of Newsweek to the classroom.
Add apostrophes, hyphens, dashes, and ellipses where needed:
Several students graduated with straight As.
Several students graduated with straight A's.
Identify what in the sentence needs to be capitalized:
andre and wendy swim on a team called the boulder poseidons.
Andre and Wendy swim on a team called the Boulder Poseidons.
Add periods and commas where needed:
My other favorite Irish writers are Oscar Wilde James Joyce and Patrick Kavanagh
My other favorite Irish writiers are Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, and Patrick Kavanagh.
Add exclamation points, question marks, semicolons, and colons where needed:
The eggs were fine at the store they must have broken on the way home.
The eggs were fine at the store; they must have broken on the way home.
Add quotation marks and underline to show italics where needed:
May I interview you, Principal Markham? asked Keisha.
"May I interview you, Principal Markham?" asked Keisha.
Add apostrophes, hyphens, dashes, and ellipses where needed:
My sister in law went to Charlies school.
My sister-in-law went to Charlie's school.
Identify what in the sentence needs to be capitalized:
is it near the university of colorado?
Is it near the University of Colorado?
Add periods and commas where needed:
"Your reading" the teacher commented "was magnificent"
"Your reading," the teacher commented, "was magnificent."
Add exclamation points, question marks, semicolons, and colons where needed:
Please mix all the wet ingredients namely butter and eggs.
Please mix all the wet ingredients; namely, butter and eggs.
Add quotation marks and underline to show italics where needed:
Yesterday's Daily Times featured a photograph of Michaelangelo's sculpture David.
Yesterday's Daily Times featured a photograph of Michaelangelo's sculpture David.
Add apostrophes, hyphens, dashes, and ellipses where needed:
They had their 10 year reunion last week can you believe it?
They had their 10-year reunion last week -- can you believe it?
Identify what in the sentence needs to be capitalized:
the u.s. team trained for the summer olympics that were held in athens, greece, in 2004.
The U.S. team trained for the Summer Olympics that were held in Athens, Greece, in 2004.
Add periods and commas where needed:
Yeats was born in Dublin Ireland on June 13 1865
Yeats was born in Dublin, Ireland on June 13, 1865.
Add exclamation points, question marks, semicolons, and colons where needed:
These are the main ingredients butter eggs sugar and flour
These are the main ingredients: butter, eggs, sugar, and flour.
Add quotation marks and underline to show italics where needed:
I read the Los Angeles Times and Time magazine whenever I can, says Mrs. Filippo.
"I read the Los Angeles Times and Time magazine whenever I can," says Mrs. Filippo.
Add apostrophes, hyphens, dashes, and ellipses where needed:
His sisters are I cant remember what his sisters names are.
His sisters are... I can't remember what his sisters' names are.
Identify what in the sentence needs to be capitalized:
coach philips wants us to train at the mountain view aquatic center in loveland, colorado.
Coach Philips wants us to train at the Mountain View Aquatic Center in Loveland, Colorado.