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Commas
Semicolons
Quotation Marks
How colons are used
Ellipsis
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Where should the comma be placed in the following sentence? Fortunately school is cancelled tomorrow.
What is after fortunately?
100
True or false? Semicolons are used to separate closely related independent clauses that are not joined by a coordinating conjunction.
What is true?
100
Quotation marks -- either single or double -- mainly work to enclose _________ quotations.
What is direct?
100
this is an example   4:1
 What is a ratio?
100
Identify where the missing ellipsis belongs. The dog ran away the cat had kittens and we got a hamster.
What is... The dog ran away...the cat had kittens...and we got a hamster.
200
Where should the comma(s) be placed in the following sentence? My answer I'm sure is better than yours.
What is after answer AND after sure? My answer, I'm sure, is better than yours.
200
Identify where the missing semicolon belongs. The team lost the game however, they hope to win the next one.
What is after game? The team lost the game; however, they hope to win the next one.
200
Quotation marks are NOT needed when quoting an ___________ quotation.
What is indirect?
200
 3:45 P.M.
 What is in time?
200
True or false? An ellipsis consists of four periods.
What is false? (An ellipsis consists of three periods.)
300
The following sentence is correct as written. True or false? There were many, ugly dents in the car.
What is false? (The sentence does not make sense if the adjectives are switched. No comma is needed.)
300
Identify where the missing semicolon belongs. The woman ran across the street therefore, she was soon out of breath.
What is after street? The woman ran across the street; therefore, she was soon out of breath.
300
Add any missing punctuation to the following sentence. When the roads become slick with ice and slush, says Deputy Smith, stay inside if at all possible.
What is... "When the roads become slick with ice and slush," says Deputy Smith, "stay inside if at all possible."
300

 Our girls softball team will play the following rivals: Aberdeen, Fort Hays State, Arkansas-Monticello, and Southwestern Oklahoma State.

 What is prior to a list?
300
True or false? An ellipsis can be used to indicate a pause, hesitation, or unfinished thought.
What is true?
400
A comma always follows a coordinating conjunction. True or false?
What is false? (A comma always comes BEFORE a coordinating conjunction.)
400
Identify where the missing semicolon belongs. The students got in trouble therefore, the teacher was not happy.
What is after trouble? The students got in trouble; therefore, the teacher was not happy.
400
Add any missing punctuation to the following sentence. Will you remind me to pay my lunch bill this week asked Sue.
What is... "Will you remind me to pay my lunch bill this week?" asked Sue.
400

 My baseball coach loves to use the same phrase before every practice and game:

“Shut up and play baseball.”

 What is to separate a clause from a quotation?
400
Identify where the missing ellipsis belongs. "I was under the impression that didn't you graduate last year?"
What is... "I was under the impression that...didn't you graduate last year?"
500
Write the following sentences, adding in ALL missing punctuation. We are however going to be late this morning
What is We are, however, going to be late this morning.
500
Identify where the missing semicolon belongs. The chaos vanished the halls grew quiet the school was empty.
What is after vanished AND after quiet? The chaos vanished; the halls grew quiet; the school was empty.
500
Add any missing punctuation to the following sentence. Who is well known for saying, Be guilty of greatness
What is... Who is well known for saying, "Be guilty of greatness"?
500

 There was only one priority left for me to see to: finishing my homework

 What is before an explanation?
500
An ellipsis is used most often to show an ______________ from a quotation.
What is an omission?