Punctuation/Grammar Test Review

Punctuation:

Underlining/Italics, Quotations, etc.

Underlining and Italics

• Think large works of literature, writing, or art

• You cannot "italicize" when hand writing something, only underline

• Named ships (USS Alabama), planes (Airforce One), dirigibles (Goodyear Blimp) are also underlined/italicized

• Large works include names of newspapers, magazines, TV/Radio programs, etc.

Quotation Marks

• Use for smaller works or literature, writing, etc.

• Smaller works include episodes, chapters, articles, TV/Radio episodes

• Quotations are used when directly citing what someone actually said (conversation) or write

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Multiple Choice

 Caring for Your Pet (magazine article)

• "Caring for Your Pet"
• Caring for Your Pet
• Caring for Your Pet

Multiple Choice

The Sword in the Stone (book) 

• The Sword and the Stone
• The Sword and the Stone
• "The Sword and the Stone"

Multiple Choice

Choose the sentence with correct quotations and punctuation.

• "Hello, Jack. How are you today?" asked Jill.
• "Hello, Jack. How are you today. asked Jill.
• Hello, "Jack. "How are you today?" asked Jill.

Multiple Choice

italics can be used instead of . . .

• underlining

• quotation marks

• all caps

• bold

Direct/Indirect Objects

• Find the subject and verb first

• Ask who or what received the action of the verb = direct object

• Indirect objects are who/what the DO is for

• These will be nouns or pronouns

• Example: Mother baked a cake for me.

Multiple Choice

Which two questions does a direct object answer?

• Where?  Why?
• Whom? What?
• Time?  Location?
• When? Where?

Multiple Choice

Which word in the sentence is an indirect object?

They offered me money.

• They

• offered

• me

• money

Multiple Choice

Which word in the sentence is an indirect object?

The grocer sold the boy some lettuce.

• grocer

• sold

• the boy

• lettuce

Be sure to look over notes before test on Friday.

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