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8th Grade Punctuation Practice
8th Grade Punctuation Practice
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A #english quiz to review #grammar for #grade8
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1
There is only one explanation for Becky's behavior she's jealous.
Quotation marks around she's jealous
Colon after behavior
Comma after behavior
Capitalize she and colon after behavior
2
We collected the kids loaded the van and set off for the amusement park.
NO CHANGE
Add comma after van
Add comma after kids and van
Add comma after kids
3
The spider's web glistened with moisture from last nights rain.
NO CHANGE
Add apostrophe in nights (night's)
Remove apostrophe in spider's
Remove apostrophe in spider's and add apostrophe in nights
4
The weather according to last night's forecast will improve by Saturday.
Colon after weather
Comma after forecast
Comma after weather and forecast
Comma after weather
5
The heroine screamed for help but nobody heard her.
Semicolon after help
Comma after help
Comma after heroine
Comma after heroine and help
6
Pausing in the doorway the actress smiled warmly at the photographers.
Comma after doorway
Comma after doorway and warmly
Comma after Pausing and doorway
Dash after doorway
7
Autumn is the best season of them all.
False
True
8
During the first aid course one student accidentally broke her finger.
Colon after course
Comma after During
Comma after student
Comma after course
9
Its impossible for water to run uphill.
NO CHANGE
Add apostrophe in Its (It's)
Add dash after run
Add comma after water
10
only fifteen minutes until this class ends whispered Kat.
Only fifteen minutes until this class ends, whispered Kat.
"only fifteen minutes until this class ends," whispered Kat.
"Only fifteen minutes until this class ends," whispered Kat.
"Only fifteen minutes until this class ends." whispered Kat.
11
She traveled to several countries Thailand, India, Nepal, and Malaysia.
Colon after countries
Semicolon after countries
Dash after countries
Comma after countries
12
Charles Dicken's novel
A Tale of Two Cities
begins with "It was the best of times, it was..."
Colon after with
Comma after with
Comma after novel and Cities
Semicolon after with
13
Mom asked are you going to be on the phone much longer?
Mom asked "Are you going to be on the phone much longer?"
Mom asked, "are you going to be on the phone much longer?"
Mom asked, "Are you going to be on the phone much longer?"
The sentence is fine as is.
14
I've never liked my father-in-law furthermore, he knows it.
Change comma after furthermore to a semicolon
Add comma after father-in-law
Add semicolon after father-in-law
NO CHANGE
15
My community recycles newspapers cardboard glass aluminum and plastic.
Comma after newspapers, cardboard, glass, and aluminum
Comma after recycles, newspapers, and cardboard
Comma after community and recycles
Comma after newspapers, glass, and aluminum
16
Money, may not buy happiness, but it makes misery a lot more comfortable.
Remove comma after happiness
Remove comma after Money
NO CHANGE
Add comma after misery
17
Someone's car a blue Ford, was blocking the school entrance.
Add comma after car
NO CHANGE
Remove comma after Ford
Add comma after car and remove comma after Ford
18
Taylor has a broken foot she won't be doing any hiking this summer.
Comma after Taylor and foot
Comma after hiking
Semicolon after foot
"She won't be doing any hiking this summer."
19
Three languages are spoken in Switzerland German, French, and Italian.
Colon after spoken
Colon after Switzerland and remove all commas
Semicolon after Switzerland
Colon after Switzerland
20
I've never liked my father-in-law furthermore he knows it
Semicolon after law and comma after furthermore
Semicolon after law
Comma after furthermore
Colon after law and comma after furthermore
21
Pausing in the doorway, the actress smiled warmly at the photographers.
Remove comma after doorway
Add comma after Pausing
Add comma after actress
NO CHANGE
22
Frozen yogurt a dessert relatively low in calories is as delicious to many people as ice cream.
Colon after yogurt and calories
Semicolon after calories
Comma after calories
Comma after yogurt and calories
23
Don't go in that door! the audience shouted.
"Don't go in that door," The audience shouted.
The sentence is fine as is
"Don't go in that door!" the audience shouted.
"Don't go in that door!", the audience shouted.
24
Everyone has a bad dream at times moreover people often have the same nightmare repeatedly.
Comma after times and moreover
Semicolon after moreover
Semicolon after times and comma after moreover
Comma after times
25
The huge green frog's sticky tongue soon captured several flie's.
Remove apostrophe in flie's (flies)
Remove apostrophe in frog's (frogs)
NO CHANGE
Add comma after tongue
26
When the power went back on all the clocks in the house began to blink.
Comma after on
Semicolon after on
Colon after on
Comma after clocks