BBB3013 Punctuation Marks

BBB3013 Punctuations

by Wan Nurhafeza Wan Salam
ELC/PPAL/UMT

Multiple Choice

Use a comma ____any coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, or, nor, so, yet) that links two independent clauses.

• before

• after

Multiple Choice

Please determine if the punctuation in the following sentence is correct:

Today, there were earthquakes in Italy, and in Malaysia.

• Correct

• Incorrect

Answer: Incorrect​

After the comma there is no independent clause (no subject and verb).​

Corrected:

Today, there were earthquakes in Italy and in Malaysia.

Multiple Choice

Please determine if the punctuation in the following sentence is correct:

Mahatma Gandhi was very famous, yet he was very humble.

• Correct

• Incorrect

Answer: Correct​

The sentence contains two independent clauses linked with a coordinating conjunction (“yet”)..

Independent Clauses:

Mahatma Gandhi was very famous. (IC1)

He was very humble. (IC2)

​Most of the time, a semi-colon is used to connect two independent clauses that are related in theme and content:

​I am learning Japanese language; I want to read Attack on Titan in the original.

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​A butterfly flashed by the garden; it briefly hovered by the hibiscus and then flew away.

Multiple Choice

Choose the sentence with correct punctuation:

• My mother wants to; buy a red BMW, my father has his eye on a vintage station wagon.

• My mother wants to buy a red BMW; my father has his eye on a vintage station wagon.

• My mother wants to buy a red BMW, my father has his eye on a vintage station wagon.

Multiple Choice

Please determine if the punctuation in the following sentence is correct:

Our breakfast consisted of nasi lemak; French toasts; and roti canai.

• Correct

• Incorrect

Answer: Incorrect

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Items in a list are normally separated by commas.​

Corrected:

Our breakfast consisted of nasi lemak, French toasts and roti canai.​

Multiple Choice

Please determine if the punctuation in the following sentence is correct:

Whenever prices goes up, customers buy less products.

• Correct

• Incorrect

Answer: Correct

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The comma correctly separates the dependent clause (DC) from the independent clause (IC).

​Whenever prices goes up, customers buy less products.

​ DC IC

Multiple Choice

Please determine if the punctuation in the following sentence is correct:

The student explained her question yet her friend did not seem to understand

• Correct

• Incorrect

Multiple Choice

Please determine if the punctuation in the following sentence is correct:

This restaurant has an exciting atmosphere The food on the other hand is rather bland.

• Correct

• Incorrect

Open Ended

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