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Punctuation Review — Answers

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Year 7 · English · Punctuation

Punctuation Review — Answers

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Part A — Which is correct?

Circle the correctly punctuated option.

1.Which is correct?
  1. AThe ladies' bags were left on the bus.
  2. BThe ladie's bags were left on the bus.
  3. CThe ladies bags' were left on the bus.
  4. DThe ladies's bags were left on the bus.

Answer: The ladies' bags were left on the bus.

Plural owner ending in s: apostrophe after the s.

2.Which is correct?
  1. A"We're leaving at six," Mum reminded us, "so pack tonight."
  2. B"We're leaving at six" Mum reminded us "so pack tonight."
  3. C"We're leaving at six," Mum reminded us. "so pack tonight."
  4. D"We're leaving at six, Mum reminded us, so pack tonight."

Answer: "We're leaving at six," Mum reminded us, "so pack tonight."

Commas separate the speech tag from both halves of the interrupted speech, and the second half stays lower case because it continues the sentence.

3.Which is correct?
  1. AThe concert was sold out; we watched it online instead.
  2. BThe concert was sold out; and we watched it online instead.
  3. CThe concert was sold out, we watched it online instead.
  4. DThe concert was sold out; because we watched it online instead.

Answer: The concert was sold out; we watched it online instead.

A semicolon joins the two related main clauses.

4.Which is correct?
  1. AThe recipe needs: eggs, sugar and butter.
  2. BThe recipe needs three ingredients: eggs, sugar and butter.
  3. CThe recipe needs three ingredients; eggs, sugar and butter.
  4. DThe recipe needs three ingredients, eggs, sugar and butter

Answer: The recipe needs three ingredients: eggs, sugar and butter.

A complete sentence comes before the colon.

5.Which is correct?
  1. AIf the weather holds we'll, hike tomorrow.
  2. BIf the weather holds, we'll hike tomorrow.
  3. CIf, the weather holds we'll hike tomorrow.
  4. DIf the weather, holds we'll hike tomorrow.

Answer: If the weather holds, we'll hike tomorrow.

A comma follows the opening subordinate clause.

6.Which is correct?
  1. AThe council changed it's policy.
  2. BThe council changed its policy.
  3. CThe council changed its' policy.
  4. DThe council changed it policy's.

Answer: The council changed its policy.

'Its' is possessive and takes no apostrophe.

7.Which is correct?
  1. A"Did you finish the essay?" asked Ms Carter.
  2. B"Did you finish the essay"? asked Ms Carter.
  3. C"Did you finish the essay," asked Ms Carter?
  4. D"Did you finish the essay? asked Ms Carter."

Answer: "Did you finish the essay?" asked Ms Carter.

The question mark belongs to the speech, so it goes inside the closing speech mark.

8.Which is correct?
  1. Aa well known author
  2. Ba well-known author
  3. Ca well, known author
  4. Da wellknown author

Answer: a well-known author

Two words acting as one adjective before a noun are hyphenated.

Part B — Punctuate from scratch

Rewrite each sentence with all capital letters and punctuation added.

9.wheres my bag asked tom

Answer: "Where's my bag?" asked Tom.

10.after the storm passed the volunteers cleared the roads the parks and the beach

Answer: After the storm passed, the volunteers cleared the roads, the parks and the beach.

11.the childrens books are on the top shelf the adults books are below

Answer: The children's books are on the top shelf; the adults' books are below.

  1. Also acceptable: a full stop instead of the semicolon.
12.i have one piece of advice dont give up

Answer: I have one piece of advice: don't give up.

13.my cousin whos a nurse in alice springs is visiting in july

Answer: My cousin, who's a nurse in Alice Springs, is visiting in July.

Part C — True or false?

Circle True or False.

14.A comma on its own can join two complete sentences.

Answer: False

That creates a comma splice. Use a conjunction, a semicolon or a full stop.

15.The words before a colon should normally form a complete sentence.

Answer: True

16.'Who's' is the possessive form of 'who'.

Answer: False

'Whose' is the possessive. 'Who's' = who is or who has.

17.A hyphen joins two words that work together as one adjective before a noun, as in 'a ten-year-old boy'.

Answer: True

Part D — Put it all together

18.Write a short scene (5–6 sentences) in which two characters disagree about where to eat. Include: dialogue for both characters, a possessive apostrophe, a semicolon, and a comma after an opening clause.

Model answer: When the bell rang, Priya and Marcus headed straight for the gates. "Let's go to Nonna's," said Priya. "Their pizza is the best in town." "We went there last week," Marcus groaned. "I want noodles." Priya sighed; she knew he would not give in. "Fine, noodles today, but Nonna's on Friday."

Success criteria:

  • Five to six sentences
  • Correctly punctuated dialogue for both characters, new line per speaker
  • A possessive apostrophe used correctly
  • A semicolon joining two related main clauses
  • A comma after an opening clause
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