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Put Comma at appropriate places: "Germany, Japan, and Italy formed an alliance."
- A) Germany, Japan, and Italy formed an alliance.
- B) Germany, Japan and, Italy formed an alliance.
- C) Germany, Japan and Italy formed, an alliance.
- D) Germany, Japan and Italy formed an alliance.
Put Comma at appropriate places: "Pandit Nehru the first Prime Minister of India died in 1964."
- A) Pandit Nehru the first Prime Minister of India died in 1964.
- B) Pandit Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India, died in 1964.
- C) Pandit Nehru the first Prime Minister, of India died in 1964.
- D) Pandit Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India died in 1964.
Identify the sentence with correct quotation marks.
- A) She said, "I can't come today".
- B) She said "I can't come today."
- C) She said 'I can't come today".
- D) She said, 'I can't come today.'
Punctuate correctly: "Amrit sharma is a metro railway employee"
- A) Amrit sharma is a metro railway employee.
- B) Amrit Sharma is a Metro Railway employee.
- C) Amrit Sharma is a metro railway Employee.
- D) None of the above.
Direction: Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
- A) The speaker said, "High and low, rich and poor, wise and foolish: all must die."
- B) The speaker said; “High and low; rich and poor; wise and foolish; all must die”
- C) The speaker said, "High and low, rich and poor, wise and foolish, All must die!".
- D) The speaker said; "High and Low, Rich and Poor, Wise and Foolish, All must Die."
Choose the option that best punctuates the given sentence:
- A) State-owned Bank of India offers extra interest to long term investors.
- B) State owned Bank of India offers extra interest to long-term investors.
- C) State-owned Bank of India offers extra interest to long-term investors.
- D) State owned Bank of India offers extra interest to long term investors.
Which of the following sentences has the correct punctuation marks?
- A) The bridge was inaugurated by the C.M..
- B) The bridge was inaugurated by the c.m.
- C) the bridge was inaugurated by the C.M.
- D) The bridge was inaugurated by the C.M.
Select the sentence that is NOT punctuated correctly.
- A) It was a long, dull and tiresome journey.
- B) Leila’s father Hakim was a man of profound temperament.
- C) Come into the garden, Maud.
- D) The essay writers, whose works consisted short moral precepts, carved the literary sensibility of the age.
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
- A) My parents, whom you met last night, have a big bungalow.
- B) My parents whom you met last night have a big bungalow.
- C) My parents whom you met last night, have a big bungalow.
- D) My parents; whom you met last night, have a big bungalow.
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
- A) She will come here today; don't go anywhere.
- B) She will come here today, don't go anywhere.
- C) She will come here today. don't go anywhere.
- D) She will come here today! don't go anywhere.
Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?
- A) The spaker said, please, lend me your ears.
- B) The speaker said please, lend me your ears
- C) The speaker said, "Please ! lend me your ears".
- D) The speaker said, "Please lend me your ears".
Choose the option with the appropriate punctuation inserted in the given sentence:
You need three documents your passport your driving licence and a bank statement
- A) You need: three documents your passport your driving licence and a bank statement.
- B) You need three documents your passport your driving licence, and, a Bank Statement?
- C) You need three documents; your passport, your driving licence. and a bank statement.
- D) You need three documents: your passport, your driving licence, and a bank statement.
Select the option in which punctuation mark is appropriately used:
Ashoka having conquered Kalinga began to hate war.
- A) Ashoka, having conquered Kalinga, began to hate war.
- B) Ashoka, having conquered, Kalinga began to hate war.
- C) Ashoka having conquered Kalinga, began to hate war.
- D) Ashoka, having conquered Kalinga began to hate, war.
Punctuation Uses Questions and Answers
Peter... Liza... and Amanda will decide.
- A) ? question mark
- B) ! exclamation mark
- C) , comma
- D) ; semi-colon
When will you come back to our city....
- A) ! exclamation mark
- B) . full stop
- C) : colon
- D) ? question mark
Which of these sentences has the comma in the right place?
- A) Please get me, some eggs milk and some butter.
- B) Please get me some eggs, milk and some butter.
- C) Please get me some eggs milk, and some butter.
- D) Please get me some eggs milk and, some butter.
Which of these sentences has the comma in the right place?
- A) Get the nails the hammer and, the pliers before you start.
- B) Get, the nails the hammer and the pliers before you start.
- C) Get the nails, the hammer and the pliers before you start.
- D) Get the nails the hammer, and the pliers before you start.
Which of these sentences has the comma in the right place?
- A) My kids are called Harry, Joe and Sam.
- B) My kids are called, Harry Joe and Sam.
- C) My kids are called Harry Joe, and Sam.
- D) My kids are called Harry Joe and, Sam.
Which of these sentences has the comma in the right place?
- A) My car washing machine and, TV all broke down today.
- B) My car, washing machine and TV all broke down today.
- C) My car washing, machine and TV all broke down today.
- D) My car washing machine, and TV all broke down today.
Which of these sentences has the comma in the right place?
- A) Lunch is lamb with peas beans and, new potatoes.
- B) Lunch is lamb with peas beans and new, potatoes.
- C) Lunch is lamb with peas beans, and new potatoes.
- D) Lunch is lamb with peas, beans and new potatoes.
Coach Espinoza who took her team to the Final Four last year might take a job with Notre Dame. Espinoza who took her team to the Final Four last year, might
- A) Espinoza, who took her team to the Final Four last year might
- B) Espinoza, who took her team to the Final Four last year, might
- C) Espinoza, who took her team to the Final Four last year, might
- D) no punctuation needed
The UConn women's basketball program is among the nation's best however they play in one of the weaker conferences.
- A) best; however, they
- B) best, however, they
- C) best, however; they
- D) no punctuation needed
Phuong wasn't worried at all about the exam because she had prepared so well over the break.
- A) exam because, she
- B) exam because, she
- C) exam, because she
- D) no punctuation needed
After UConn won the national championship in 1995 the coach found recruiting much easier.
- A) in 1995, the coach
- B) no punctuation needed
The best production facilities are in Atlanta Georgia Boston Massachusetts and Phoenix Arizona.
- A) in Atlanta, Georgia, Boston, Massachusetts, and Phoenix, Arizona.
- B) in Atlanta, Georgia; Boston, Massachusetts; and Phoenix, Arizona.
- C) in Atlanta, Georgia; Boston, Massachusetts and; Phoenix, Arizona.
- D) no punctuation needed
Raoul earned three A's last semester but his one downfall was Advanced Algebra. Choose the correct punctuation:
- A) semester but, his
- B) semester, but, his
- C) semester, but his
He told his customers what they wanted to hear that he would stand behind his product. Choose the correct punctuation:
- A) what they wanted to hear, that he
- B) no punctuation needed
- C) what they wanted to hear: that he
- D) what they wanted to hear; that he
His favorite television programs are Homicide NYPD Blue ER and Chicago Hope. Choose the correct punctuation:
- A) are Homicide, NYPD Blue, ER, and Chicago Hope
- B) are: Homicide NYPD Blue ER and Chicago Hope
- C) are; Homicide NYPD Blue ER and Chicago Hope
- D) no punctuation needed
"My Old Kentucky Home a tune by Stephen Foster, is Kentucky's state song." Choose the correct punctuation:
- A) Home" a tune
- B) Home", a tune
- C) Home," a tune
- D) no punctuation needed
Community colleges which didn't exist prior to the 1950s have proved very popular in the U.S. Choose the correct punctuation:
- A) colleges, which didn't exist, prior to the 1950s have
- B) colleges which didn't exist prior to the 1950s, have
- C) colleges, which didn't exist prior to the 1950s, have
- D) no punctuation needed
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