Parenthesis, Adjectives and Adverbs

Retype the following sentences, adding parenthetical punctuation .

Parenthesis: em dashes, commas and brackets.

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1. Sir Gawain a knight of King Arthur’s Round Table accepted the Green Knight’s deadly challenge.

Answer explanation

1. Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur’s Round Table, accepted the Green Knight’s deadly challenge.

The commas sets off the additional information from the rest of the text.

The pentangle which appeared on Gawain’s shield stood for five knightly virtues.

Answer explanation

The pentangle -- which appeared on Gawain’s shield -- stood for five knightly virtues.

The em dashes are used to set off the additional information. It also highlights that Gawain used the Pentangle as his blazon, hinting at how important these virtues are to him.

1. At Camelot a place of joyous revelry King Arthur’s court gathered. He a king known for not eating until a marvel appeared eagerly waited. Suddenly a huge green figure a formidable knight entered. This Green Knight as he announced himself offered a 'Christmas game.' Sir Gawain Arthur’s courageous nephew bravely accepted. The pentangle his shield’s symbol represented his five virtues.

Answer explanation

1. At Camelot, a place of joyous revelry, King Arthur’s court gathered. He, a king known for not eating until a marvel appeared, eagerly waited. Suddenly, a huge green figure -- a formidable knight -- entered. This Green Knight (as he announced himself) offered a 'Christmas game.' Sir Gawain -- Arthur’s courageous nephew -- bravely accepted. The pentangle (his shield’s symbol) represented his five virtues.

Locate the adjectives in the following sentences.

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Today, the boy lifted his pet and buried his face in the fox’s white ruff, pressing hard.

• pet

• buried

• ruff

• white

No, no blood; not even the under-skin pooling of a bruise or the marrow leak of a cracked bone, which had happened once.

• Blood

• under-skin

• once

• cracked

Instead, the boy pulled him down onto his lap again and spoke to his father in a begging tone.

• pulled

• down

• spoke

• begging

Select the correct adverb in the following sentences.

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His boy did not resist, so the fox did not resist. He hung limp and vulnerable in the man’s grasp, although he was now frightened enough to nip.

• resist

• so

• vulnerable

• now