Punctuation Marks, Semicolons, & Colons

Choose the sentence with the correct comma placement.

• I need, sugar, butter, and eggs from the grocery store.

• I need sugar, butter, and eggs, from the grocery store.

• I need: sugar, butter, and eggs from the grocery store.

• I need sugar, butter, and eggs from the grocery store.

Choose the sentence with the correct comma placement.

• Of course, I am the best forward on the team!

• Of course I am the best forward on the team!

• Of course I am the best, forward on the team!

• Of course I am, the best, forward on the team!

Apostrophes are used for all of the following EXCEPT

• possession / ownership

• contractions

• making a word plural

Which sentence is written correctly?

• You may not enter Mr. Harris's office without permission.
• You may not enter Mr. Harris' office without permission.
• You may not enter Mr. Harris office without permission.
• You may not enter Mr. Harris'es office without permission.

Select the answer that correctly completes each sentence:
Adam believes _____ going to snow later.

• it's
• its
• its'
• idk

What does a comma do?

• ends a sentence
• separates major sentence elements
• They are used to make a pause in a sentence and to seperate a list.
• finds the literary property 

Select the option where the apostrophe placement is most correct:

• Can you estimate this box's weight?

• Can you estimate this boxs weight?

Which sentence below uses quotation marks appropriately?

• Kelly said Kim wants to play inside, not outside.
• Kelly said, "Kim wants to play inside, not outside.
• "Kelly said, " Kim wants to play inside, not outside.
• Kelly said, "Kim wants to play inside, not outside."

Choose the sentence with correct quotations and punctuation.

•  "rhonda said i love dogs?"
•  Rhonda said,  "i love dogs"
•  Rhonda said, "I love dogs."

Which sentence uses a semicolon correctly?

• We packed a lunch; hoping for good weather.

• Looking at the clouds; we knew a storm was brewing.

• It rained heavily during the afternoon; however, we managed to have our picnic.