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

Fill in the Blanks

Please re-write the sentence with correct punctuations.

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

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

Fill in the Blanks

Please re-write the sentence with correct punctuations.

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

Open Ended

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