Act English Punctuation

The top floor of the Eiffel tower is open to the public__ however, the only way to access it is by elevator.

• no punctuation needed

• :

• ;

• ,

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

The dog stretched out for an after-lunch snooze in the sun ___ the cat soon joined him.

• :

• ;

• —

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Lucas put on a few pounds during the holidays__ so he decided to join a gym.

• ;

• :

• ,

• no punctuation needed

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

I have finished the main course now I have to make dessert.

• finished;

• now;

• main;

• course;

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

You will need to have the following items for the trip tent, lantern, matches, and a compass.

• items:

• trip:

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Today is Anita’s birthday ___ therefore, we will let her choose the movie.

• :

• ;

• —

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

I would like to read Shadow and Act__ it is a collection of essays by Ralph Ellison.

• no punctuation needed

• :

• ;

• ,

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Through modern geology, humans have a clearer -- though hardly complete -- understanding of the mechanism of magma flow, and can analyze the vibrations of the earth to warn of recent eruptions.

• NO CHANGE

• and, can

• and can,

• and

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

In general, eruptions seem to occur every several hundred or even thousand years, and many volcanoes seem to be dormant, that is unlikely to erupt soon.

• NO CHANGE

• that is, unlikely to erupt soon

• that is unlikely, to erupt soon

• that, is unlikely to erupt soon

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.4.2C

Read the following sentence:

Mondays should be the 3rd day of the weekend; Tuesdays might start feeling like Mondays.



What can be revised within this sentence to make it grammatically correct and sound better?

(PUN-Punctuation/Conventions)

• NO CHANGE

• Take out the semicolon and put a period

• Leave semicolon and add “however” after the semicolon while putting a comma after “however”

• Take out the semicolon and put a comma there instead

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A