ELA 11 Punctuation Practice

Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

• You will need the following ingredients to make spaghetti sauce: onions, tomatoes, ground beef, tomato sauce, olive oil, and seasonings.

• You will need the following ingredients to make spaghetti sauce onions, tomatoes, ground beef, tomato sauce, olive oil, and seasonings.

• You will need the following ingredients to make spaghetti sauce: onions; tomatoes; ground beef; tomato sauce; olive oil; and seasonings.

• You will need the following: ingredients to make spaghetti sauce onions, tomatoes, ground beef, tomato sauce, olive oil, and seasonings.

Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

• Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice opens with the following satirical comment; “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.”

• Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice opens with the following satirical comment, “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.”

• Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice opens with the following satirical comment: “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.”

• Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice opens with the following satirical comment “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.”

Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

• The American presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson have something in common: They both died on July 4, 1826.

• The American presidents, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson have something in common; They both died on July 4, 1826.

• The American presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson have something in common They both died on July 4, 1826.

• The American presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson have something in common, They both died on July 4, 1826.

Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

• I enjoy many kinds of music such as jazz rock and classical.

• I enjoy many kinds of music; jazz, rock, and classical.

• I enjoy many kinds of music; such as jazz, rock, and classical.

• I enjoy many kinds of music: jazz, rock, and classical.

Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

• Three contemporary writers who have helped capture the African American experience are Nikki Giovanni, a poet, Alice Walker, a novelist, and Lorraine Hansberry, a playwright.

• Three contemporary writers who have helped capture the African American experience are: Nikki Giovanni a poet; Alice Walker a novelist; and Lorraine Hansberry a playwright.

• Three contemporary writers who have helped capture the African American experience are: Nikki Giovanni, a poet; Alice Walker, a novelist; and Lorraine Hansberry, a playwright.

• Three contemporary writers who have helped capture the African American experience are Nikki Giovanni, a poet; Alice Walker, a novelist; and Lorraine Hansberry, a playwright.

Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

• Claes Oldenburg once designed a giant pair of scissors as a monument, moreover, he has made sculptures of electric fans and vacuum cleaners.

• Claes Oldenburg once designed a giant pair of scissors as a monument; moreover, he has made sculptures of electric fans and vacuum cleaners.

• Claes Oldenburg once designed a giant pair of scissors as a monument; moreover he has made sculptures of electric fans and vacuum cleaners.

• Claes Oldenburg once designed a giant pair of scissors as a monument moreover he has made sculptures of electric fans and vacuum cleaners.

Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?

• The room was decorated with balloons; red, yellow, and black streamers; and glow-in-the-dark stars.

• The room was decorated with balloons: red, yellow and black streamers; and glow-in-the-dark stars.

• The room was decorated with balloons, red, yellow and black streamers, and glow-in-the-dark stars.

• The room was decorated with balloons; red; yellow; and black streamers; and glow-in-the-dark stars.

Write an original sentence that contains a semicolon used to join two independent clauses.

Write an original sentence that combines two independent clauses using a conjunctive adverb and a semicolon.

Write an original sentence that contains a colon introducing a list.