Punctuation

Question 1

My aunt, a teacher my uncle, a principal and my cousin, an administrator moved to Pennsylvania.

Accepted Answer

semicolon ;

Question 2

Correct or Incorrect The students went outside for recess: they played kickball.

Accepted Answer

incorrect

Question 3

Many people moved to the following cities - Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and Cincinnati.

Accepted Answer

incorrect

Question 4

What type of punctuation should go in the space? Students ate lunch the teachers had a meeting.

Accepted Answer

semicolon ;

Question 5

The railroad industry grew quickly during the 1840's - see the graph on page 5.

Accepted Answer

incorrect

Question 6

What sets off information or a comment that interrupts the flow of a sentence?

Accepted Answer

dash

Question 7

David was sick he missed two days of school.

Accepted Answer

semicolon ;

Question 8

The class rules are the following raise your hand to speak, be respectful, and no gum.

Accepted Answer

colon :

Question 9

My parents took the family out to eat; we had great Italian food.

Accepted Answer

correct

Question 10

Twenty-five people came to the concert.

Accepted Answer

correct

Question 11

What is used to separate 2 independent clauses?

Accepted Answer

semicolon

Question 12

The Egyptians built amazing pyramids. See figure #5

Accepted Answer

parentheses ( )

Question 13

We were delayed by a slow moving train.

Accepted Answer

hyphen

Question 14

What type of punctuation is used in compound words?

Accepted Answer

hyphen

Question 15

The soloists were Adam, a drummer; Jason, a trumpet player; and Carol, a flute player.

Accepted Answer

correct

Question 16

Twenty two students signed up for the club.

Accepted Answer

hyphen -

Question 17

What type of punctuation is used to introduce a list of items?

Accepted Answer

colon

Question 18

At 2 00 pm the show begins.

Accepted Answer

colon

Question 19

What type of punctuation is used to set off additional information that is not essential?

Accepted Answer

parentheses

Question 20

Chapter Four pages 100-103 is one of the most difficult we study.

Accepted Answer

parenthesis

Questions 20