End Punctuation
Place the Comma
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Find the Mistake
What is it?
100

Where is my backpack_

?

100

I want a book a pencil and a backpack for school

I want a book, a pencil, and a backpack for school

100

All State

Yes

All-State

100

It’s all your’s

It’s all yours

100

An apostrophe

200

Is my dog over there_

?

200

“Uh oh” I said “I got a speeding ticket.”

“Uh oh,” I said, “I got a speeding ticket.”

200

This is clearly impossible.

No hyphen needed

200

Its past the expiration date

It’s past the expiration date 

(Apostrophe in its)

200

( )

Parentheses

300

Is today the 25th of December because I think it is_

.

300

The student George Dallas received an E

The student, George Dallas, received an E

300

The raisins are chocolate covered

No 

300

All the squirrel’s nuts were stashed in their trees

All the squirrels’ nuts were stashed in their trees

300

-

A hyphen

400

Aphenphosmphobia, koumpounophobia, and venustraphobia are way too hard to spell_

!

400

I got an A but I cheated.

I got an A, but I cheated.

400
Merry go round 

Yes

Merry-go-round

400

We had too many fumbles: we lost the game

We had too many fumbles; we lost the game

400

[ ]

Brackets

500
I can’t wait until Christmas_

I don’t know what Santa is going to get me_

; .

500

One day at school I walked up to this one kid he was kind of short and punched him but he kicked me back.

One day at school I walked up to this one kid, he was kind of short, and punched him, but he kicked me back.

500

I am doing an in depth warm up

Yes

I am doing an in-depth warm-up

500

I received an extra bonus from work, $500.

I received and extra bonus from work ($500).

500

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