The following are the primary colors red, blue, and yellow.

The following are the primary colors: red, blue, and yellow.

In baseball, a showboat is a player who shows off.

In baseball, "a showboat" is a player who shows off.

He used the phrase "you know" so often that I finally said, "No, I don't know".

Place the period inside of the last quotation mark.

my mother is called ann and my father is called tom

My mother is called Ann and my father is called Tom.

Several countries participated in the airlift; Italy, Belgium, and France

Change the semicolon to a colon and add a period to the end.

There's no room for error, said the engineer.

"There's no room for error," said the engineer.

we took a lesson in german and translated it into english.

We took a lesson in German and translated it into English.

And before we knew it he was gone.

And, before we knew it, he was gone.

Yes, Jim said, I'll be home by ten.

"Yes," Jim said, "I'll be home by ten."

There was only one thing to do study till dawn

Add a semicolon between "do" and "study," and a period.

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1
i live on olive street next to the city center
None of the above.
All of the above.
Capitalize I at the beginning of the sentence.
Add a period at the end of the sentence.
2
The following are the primary colors red, blue, and yellow.
None of the above.
The following are the primary colors, red, blue, and yellow.
The following are the primary colors: red, blue, and yellow.
The following are the primary colors; red, blue, and yellow.
3
The following is used to form contractions or to indicate possession.
A comma.
A colon.
An apostrophe.
A semi-colon.
4
In baseball, a showboat is a player who shows off.
None of the above.
In baseball, a "showboat" is a player who shows off
In baseball, "a showboat" is a player who shows off.
Correct as is.
5
He used the phrase "you know" so often that I finally said, "No, I don't know".
Place the period inside of the last quotation mark.
Remove the quotation marks from the phrase, "you know."
Add a comma in front of "so."
Correct as is.
6
The following is used to separate parts of a sentence.
A comma.
A colon.
A period.
A semi-colon.
7
The following is used to show that words have been left out of a sentence.
None of the above.
Ellipsis.
A bullet point.
A period.
8
my mother is called ann and my father is called tom
My mother is called ann and my father is called Tom.
my mother is called Ann and my father is called Tom
My mother is called Ann and my father is called Tom.
My mother is called Ann and my father is called Tom
9
did ramadan start on thursday
All of the above.
Capitalize Did, Ramadan, and Thursday.
Add a question mark at the end of the sentence.
None of the above.
10
Several countries participated in the airlift; Italy, Belgium, and France
Add a period to the end of the sentence.
Change the semicolon to a colon and add a period to the end.
Correct as is.
11
The following is used to separate two or more nouns, or to separate phrases or clauses.
None of the above.
A comma.
A period.
A semi-colon.
12
There's no room for error, said the engineer.
"There's no room for error, said the engineer.
"There's no room for error," said the engineer.
Correct as is.
None of the above.
13
The following creates compound adjectives.
A hyphen.
None of the above.
A dash.
A semi-colon.
14
we took a lesson in german and translated it into english.
We took a lesson in German and translated it into English
We took a lesson in German and translated it into English.
We took a lesson in German and translated it into english.
None of the above.
15
And before we knew it he was gone.
Correct as is.
And, before we knew it, he was gone.
None of the above.
And, before we knew it; he was gone.
16
The men in question (Harold, Jim, and Gerald) deserve awards.
The men in question Harold Jim and Gerald deserve awards.
Correct as is.
The men in question, Harold, Jim, & Gerald, deserve awards.
None of the above.
17
Yes, Jim said, I'll be home by ten.
"Yes," Jim said, I'll be home by ten.
"Yes," Jim said, "I'll be home by ten."
"Yes." Jim said, "I'll be home by ten."
None of the above.
18
There was only one thing to do study till dawn
Add a semicolon between "do" and "study."
Add a semicolon between "do" and "study," and a period.
None of the above.
Add an em dash between "do" and "study," and a period.
19
The following is used to separate off parts of a sentence or put in an extra example.
Dash.
Brackets.
Colon.
Hyphen.
20
The following separates independent clauses.
A hyphen.
A dash.
A period.
A colon.

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