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Punctuation marks show structure, pauses, relationships and emphasis in written sentences. Questions cover commas in lists, clauses and nonessential phrases, semicolons between independent clauses, colons, apostrophes, quotation marks and hyphens, as well as the errors that create fragments, run-on sentences or comma splices.
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- A. He always loved sweets, chocolates, biscuits and cakes.
- B. He always loved, sweets chocolates, biscuits and cairns.
- C. He always loved sweets, chocolates, biscuits and,cakes.
- D. He always loved sweets, chocolates biscuits and cakes.
Explanation: Option A is grammatically correct because we place comma between items in a list.
Correct answer: He always loved sweets, chocolates, biscuits and cakes.- A. He always loved sweets, chocolates, biscuits and cakes.
- B. He always loved sweets chocolates biscuits, and cakes.
- C. He always, love sweets chocolates, biscuits, and cakes.
- D. He loved sweets chocolates, biscuits, and cakes.
Explanation: Correct punctuation along with proper subject-verb agreement is demonstrated in Option A.
Correct answer: He always loved sweets, chocolates, biscuits and cakes.- A. Shouldh've
- B. Should've
- C. Shouldv'e
- D. Should'ave
Explanation: An apostrophe is used to replace the missing letters in contractions. The correct contraction for [word] + "have" is [word]'ve.
Correct answer: Should've- A. Wheres
- B. Where's
- C. Wheres'
- D. Wher'es
Explanation: In contractions, apostrophe replaces the missing letters, in context of the question, the correct option is option B, "where's".
Correct answer: Where's- A. Hot, then Sam did
- B. Hot, Sam did
- C. Hot; Sam, therefore, did
- D. Hot; Sam therefore trying to do
Explanation: In the statement above there are two interrelated independent clauses. Semicolons are used to link two independent clauses that are…
Correct answer: Hot; Sam, therefore, did- A. After class, but before lunch, I went jogging.
- B. After class, but before lunch I went jogging.
- C. After class but before lunch, I went jogging.
- D. After class, but before lunch, I went jogging!
Explanation: An exclamation mark will not be used as it is not an exciting statement.
Correct answer: After class, but before lunch, I went jogging.- A. "What's the big deal," Harry asked.
- B. "How much for that goat?" questioned Shane.
- C. Ethan asked, what time are we leaving.
- D. "Where did Charlotte go," Leigh wondered.
Explanation: Option A should have a question mark. In option C speech marks are missing and in option D question mark is missing hence option B is…
Correct answer: "How much for that goat?" questioned Shane.- A. After breaking the glass, Ruby said "Please don't tell on me".
- B. After breaking the glass Ruby said: "Please don't tell on me."
- C. After breaking the glass, Ruby said: "Please don't tell on me."
- D. After breaking the glass Ruby said: please don't tell on me.
Explanation: The sentence 'after breaking the glass' is another idea in the sentence hence a comma should be added between these two sentences.
Correct answer: After breaking the glass, Ruby said: "Please don't tell on me."