Punctuation

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• I need to pick up these items from the store, milk, eggs, and bread.
• I need to pick up these items from the store milk, eggs, and bread.
• I need to pick up these items from the store: milk eggs and bread.
• I need to pick up these items from the store: milk, eggs, and bread.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• My grandfather - the man in the suit- is from Ireland.
• My grandfather the man in the suit is from Ireland.
• My grandfather, the man in the suit is from Ireland.
• My grandfather: the man in the suit; is from Ireland.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• "Jon," his father called out "we're in a hurry."
• "Jon," his father called out, "we're in a hurry."
• "Jon, his father called out, "we're in a hurry."
• "Jon," his father called out, "We're in a hurry."

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• "What time is it," Marlee asked?
• What time is it, Marlee asked.
• "What time is it? Marlee asked.
• "What time is it?"  Marlee asked.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

How should the following sentence be corrected? 
Our class is reading Schooled by Gordon Korman.

• Schooled should be in quotation marks.
• Schooled should be italicized.
• There should be a colon after Schooled.

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CCSS.L.5.2D

What is the point of an exclamation mark?

• it shows that you've asked a question forcefully
• to make it clear you've said something funny
•  to show that something is surprising or forceful

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

How should the following sentence be fixed?
In class, we read a poem called The Moth.

• The Moth should be in quotation marks.
• The Moth should be italicized.
• There should be a colon before The Moth.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the following sentences correctly uses quotation marks?

• Margo asked, "When are you leaving for the dance?" 
• Margo asked, "When are you leaving for the dance"?
• "Margo asked When are you leaving for the dance?" 

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the following sentences correctly uses quotation marks?

• "I hope you know, Janie replied, the whole school is coming." 
• "I hope you know," Janie replied, "the whole school is coming." 
• "I hope you know", Janie replied", the whole school is coming." 

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the following correctly uses dashes?

• Even Janet - she's the smartest student in our class - failed the test.
• Even Janet - she's the smartest student in our class failed the test.
• Even - Janet she's the smartest student in our class - failed the test.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A