Punctuation Revision (Y7)

Punctuation Revision Boot Camp

Multiple Choice

___ perched on the edge of a wobbly metal chair, cutoff shorts touching the smallest possible strip of a once-blue fabric seat.

Which of the following should go in the gap in the above sentence?

• Shes

• She's

• Shes'

• Shes's

Multiple Choice

A white time stamp at the bottom of the screen notes that ___ August 5, 9:02 pm.

Which of the following should go in the gap in the above sentence?

• it

• its

• its'

• it's

Multiple Choice

Detective ___ words have a jagged edge, chiseled from stone, then left raw.

Which of the following should go in the gap in the above sentence?

• Holloway

• Holloway's

• Holloways'

• Holloways's

Multiple Choice

The four ___ answers differed.

Which of the following should go in the gap in the above sentence?

• students

• student's

• students'

• students's

Multiple Choice

The camera pans up from a long crack in the linoleum floor to rest on the hunched over frame of a girl.

Which words should be hyphenated in the sentence above?

• pans-up

• long-crack

• linoleum-floor

• hunched-over

Multiple Select

Mid century modern is a rapidly fading trend.

Which words should be hyphenated in the sentence above?

• Mid-century

• century-modern

• rapidly-fading

• fading-trend

Multiple Choice

Which of the following correctly uses brackets?

• It was you (Kaylee, Starr and Ian, Kaylee's boyfriend) at Starr's apartment in Coney Island.

• It was you, Kaylee, Starr and Ian (Kaylee's boyfriend) at Starr's apartment in Coney Island.

• It was you, Kaylee, Starr and Ian Kaylee's boyfriend at Starr's apartment in Coney Island.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following does not correctly use brackets?

• Starr (kind of) took Kaylee and me under her wing last year until she moved down to Orlando.

• Starr kind of took Kaylee (and me) under her wing last year until she moved down to Orlando.

• Starr kind of took Kaylee and me (under her wing) last year until she moved down to Orlando.

• Starr kind of took Kaylee and me under her wing last year (until she moved down to Orlando.)

Multiple Choice

She stabs her finger at a conversation from December two messages from Zoe Spanos dated 12/10 and 12/28.

Between which words should a dash be used?

• between finger & at

• between conversation & from

• between December & two

• between messages & from

• between Spanos & dated

Multiple Choice

“Maybe I thought it’s what she would have wanted. Maybe”

Between which words should a dash be used?

• between maybe & I

• between thought & it's

• between wanted & maybe

• after the final Maybe

Multiple Choice

Anna says. "Here, it’s probably easier if I" She looks up to Detective Holloway for permission.

Between which words should a ellipsis be used?

• between says & Here

• between it's & probably

• between I & she

• between Holloway & for

Open Ended

Use ellipses to embed the quote below:

Poirot reveals that 'by means of the enormous wealth he had piled up, and owing to the secret hold he had over various persons, he was acquitted on some technical inaccuracy.'

Multiple Choice

Poirot uses a range of tools to solve the crime observation, individualised interview strategies and deduction.

Between which words should a colon be used?

• between uses & a

• between tools & to

• between crime & observation

• between individualise & strategies

Multiple Choice

At the scene of the crime, Poirot discovers a range of clues a pipe cleaner, a handkerchief, a gun, a pocket-watch and a burnt fragment of paper.

Between which words should a colon be used?

• between crime & Poirot

• between discovers & a

• between range & of

• between clues & a

• between cleaner & a

Multiple Choice

It is not easy to bribe the English they are so unapproachable.

Between which words should a semi-colon be used?

• between easy & to

• between bribe & this

• between English & they

Multiple Choice

There is no evidence to support this we have only Hardman’s word for it.

Between which words should a semi-colon be used?

• between evidence & to

• between support & this

• between this & we

• between have & only