Punctuation from STUDY ISLAND

Mrs. Monaghan told us that we needed a few items for art class colored pencils, drawing paper, and watercolors. What form of punctuation is missing in the sentence?

• a colon

• parentheses

• quotation marks

• a semicolon

Which of these sentences shows the correct use of a semicolon? A. Jamie cooked dinner; she forgot to do the dishes. B. Selena lost the competition, she was; still the favorite. C. Jerry went to Colorado, he went camping; and hiking. D. Our teacher gave us a ride; to the zoo, and back.

• A. Jamie cooked dinner; she forgot to do the dishes.

• B. Selena lost the competition, she was; still the favorite.

• C. Jerry went to Colorado, he went camping; and hiking.

• D. Our teacher gave us a ride; to the zoo, and back.

Which sentence uses an apostrophe correctly?

• The magazine's back cover was filled with quotes from famous people.

• The magazines' back cover was filled with quotes from famous people.

• The magazines back cover was filled with quotes from famous people.

• The magazines's back cover was filled with quotes from famous people.

Which punctuation mark best ends the following sentence? 'Go away'

• !

• ?

• ;

• "

Which sentence has correct punctuation?

• A. "Class always starts promptly at 9:00 AM," Mrs Pummelhorse told the students.

• B. "Class always starts promptly at 9:00 AM," Mrs. Pummelhorse told the students.

• C. "Class always starts promptly at 900 AM," Mrs. Pummelhorse told the students.

• D. "Class always starts promptly at 9:00 AM," Mrs. Pummelhorse told the students

The goal of Katie is to stay awake through the opera. What is a clearer way to write this sentence?

• Katies goal is to stay awake through the opera.

• Katies' goal is to stay awake through the opera.

• Katie goal's to stay awake through the opera.

• Katie's goal is to stay awake through the opera.

Anita said, "I'm leaving school today at 1:15." Frank replied, "I was able to fool the nurse into letting me leave early once, but I got in trouble when she found out I was faking." What form of punctuation is missing?

• a colon after said

• There is no missing punctuation.

• a semicolon after today

• quotation marks after faking

What is the best way to hyphenate this sentence, so the number 127 is written out clearly?

• The crowd was numbered at one hundred twenty-seven-students.

• The crowd was numbered at one-hundred-twenty-seven-students.

• The crowd was numbered at one hundred twenty seven students.

Which sentence uses correct punctuation?

• A. Stop:

• B. Stop!

• C. Stop;

• D. Stop?

Which sentence uses correct punctuation?

• Are you coming to my dance recital tomorrow.

• Are you coming to my dance recital tomorrow!

• Are you coming to my dance recital tomorrow?