Spelling
Capitalization
Punctuation
Quotation
Right or Wrong
100

Tell me the troof! Don't lie to me. 

Tell me the truth! Don't lie to me. 

100

I would love to visit the golden gate bridge. 

I would love to visit the Golden Gate Bridge. 

100

I want the following items butter, sugar, and flour.

I want the following items: butter, sugar, and flour. 

100

"I really want to go to the sleepover tonight" Ashana begged her mom.

"I really want to go to the sleepover tonight," Ashana begged her mom.

100

These are my favorite foods: chocolate cake, spaghetti, and artichokes.

Right

200

I was really hopeing you would lend me your iPad for a little while. 

I was really hoping you would lend me your iPad for a little while. 

200

During his visitation to Jakarta, president Barack Obama had dinner with president Joko Widodo at the National Palace. 

During his visitation to Jakarta, President Barack Obama had dinner with President Joko Widodo at the National Palace. 

200

She said, hurry up. 

She said, "hurry up."

200

Dzaky said that "he got his new kitten some new toys and a little bed for her to sleep in."

Dzaky said that he got his new kitten some new toys and a little bed for her to sleep in.

200

She gives all she has on a daily basis in order to succeed.

Right

300

If you spill the milk, you might find yourself sliping and sliding all over the kitchen floor.

If you spill the milk, you might find yourself slipping and sliding all over the kitchen floor.

300

My history and chemistry scores were not satisfactory in the last term. 

My History and Chemistry scores were not satisfactory in the last term. 

300

Name one way on how to fix run-on sentences. 

  1. Use a period. The easiest way to fix a run-on is to split the sentence into smaller sentences using a period.
  2. Use a semicolon. 
  3. Use a comma and a coordinating conjunction.
300

"When are you going to restock the toilet paper," mom asked.

"When are you going to restock the toilet paper?" mom asked.

300

She felt like a stranger in a foriegn land.

Wrong. 

She felt like a stranger in a foreign land.

400

She maid her bed up to keep her mum from fussing. 

She made her bed up to keep her mum from fussing. 

400

mr. sultan always wants to play outside.

Mr. Sultan always wants to play outside.

400

Which sentence has the correct punctuation? 

a. in a study by Stacy, Newcomb, and Bentler (1991) 

b. in a study by Stacy, Newcomb and Bentler (1991)

a. in a study by Stacy, Newcomb, and Bentler (1991)

400
Hatta wondered, "How can a small thing smell so badly."

Hatta wondered, "How can a small thing smell so badly?"

400

Jessica felt renued after she attended the workshop.

Wrong.

Jessica felt renewed after she attended the workshop.

500

We are having rost duct with vegetables for dinner tonight. 

We are having roast duck with vegetables for dinner tonight. 

500

ramadhan starts on thursday, April 24, 2020.

Ramadhan starts on Thursday, April 24, 2020.

500

Which is the correct sentence about a short story? 

a. The story ‘Pushcart Man’ is by Langston Hughes. 

b. The story “Pushcart Man” is by Langston Hughes. 

c. The story, ‘Pushcart Man’ is by Langston Hughes.

d. The story, “Pushcart Man” is by Langston Hughes.

b. The story “Pushcart Man” is by Langston Hughes. 


In the text of a paper use quotation marks around titles of short works such as journal and newspaper articles, poems, short stories, songs, episodes of television and radio programs, and chapters or subdivisions of books.

500

"Well," she began "I'm not sure that you're responsible enough yet for a phone."

"Well," she began, "I'm not sure that you're responsible enough yet for a phone."

500

We have to use 'past tense' in our short stories. Why? 

Wrong.