4/8

State your nickname, class, and assigned number (example: Goi, 4/8, 29):

Which of these statements about punctuation are correct?

• Many European languages, including Latin, used to be written without spaces between words and without punctuation throughout the Middle Ages, exactly like Thai.

• Some of the early punctuation marks were borrowed from musical notation. Punctuation marks and musical marks are distantly related in the Western tradition.

• All these statements are correct.

• Punctuation marks and spaces between words make the act of reading easier and quicker, and have helped make novels, which are usually several hundred pages long, the most popular literary genre in Europe.

Which of these sentences about tales and storytelling is a true statement?

• Storylines have a beginning, a middle, and an end.

• Before the tale ends, the hero faces a difficult challenge, also known as "Spannung" or "Climax".

• Folk tales are popular stories that have been told and passed down over generations, often through many centuries.

• All these sentences are true statements.

Which of these sentences reflects the punctuation as intended by J. K. Rowling, the author of "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"?

• Mr. and Mrs. Dursley of number four Privet Drive were proud to say that they were perfectly normal thank you very much. 

• Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much. 

• Mr. and Mrs. Dursley of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal thank you, very much. 

• Mr. and Mrs. Dursley, of number four, Privet Drive were proud to say that they were perfectly normal: thank you very much. 

Which of these sentences is the correct one?

• Mr Dursley however had a perfectly normal owl free morning

• Mr. Dursley, however, had a perfectly normal, owl-free morning. 

• Mr. Dursley, however, had a perfectly, normal, owl-free morning

• Mr. Dursley, however, had a perfectly, normal Owl free morning.

Which of these sentences shows the correct punctuation?

• Mr. Dursley was the director of a firm called Grunnings, which made drills. 

• He was a big, beefy man with hardly any neck, although he did have a very large mustache.

• "Little tyke," chortled Mr. Dursley as he left the house.

• All these sentences show the correct punctuation.

Use the the past simple to fill in the blank:

The Dursleys had a small son called Dudley and in their opinion there ... (to be) no finer boy anywhere.

Which option shows the accent on the correct syllable for the word "intelligent"?

• IN-tel-li-gent

• in-TEL-li-gent

• in-tel-LI-gent

• in-tel-li-GENT

Which option shows the accent on the correct syllable for the word "Comedy"?

• CO-me-dy

• co-ME-dy

• co-me-DY

• This word has no accent.

Which option shows the accent on the correct syllable for the adverb "finally"?

• fi-nal-LY

• FI-nal-ly

• fi-NAL-ly

• FI-NAL-LY