Capitalization and Punctuation Practice COMN 154

my friend is from ontario

ms. zhang is an esl teacher at our school

Q. 

My mom's kenyan friend has lots of interesting stories about her african childhood in the mombasa suburbs near the indian ocean.

• Kenyan, African

• Kenyan, African, Mombasa

• Kenyan, African, Mombasa, Indian

• Kenyan, African, Mombasa, Indian Ocean

Check punctuation!

"I've fallen in love with a circus clown!" Stacy Mae finally had the nerve to say to her shocked fiance.

• correct

• incorrect

Which sentence is correct?

• The horse was crazy; it was too young to be in the ring.

• The horse; was crazy it was too young to be in the ring.

• The horse was crazy, it was too young to be in the ring.

Q. Which sentence is correct?

• He yelled, "I found an abandoned treehouse!"

• He yelled "I found an abandoned treehouse!"

• "He yelled, I found an abandoned treehouse."

• "He yelled: I found an abandoned treehouse."

YMCA, Mrs., Dr., BTW, CMS, and U.S.A need to be capitalized because ...

• they are proper nouns.

• they are abbreviations or initials.

• they are proper adjectives.

• they are the title before a name.

Which sentence has correct punctuation?

• My brother girlfriend's is such a sweet girl.

• My brothers' girlfriend is such a sweet girl.

• My brother's girlfriend is such a sweet girl.

• My's brother girlfriend is such a sweet girl.

in canada, most people speak english but some people speak french

Check punctuation!

• He said, “She has finished her homework“.

• "He said, She has finished her homework“.

• He said, “she has finished her homework“.

• He said “She has finished her homework“.