Bell Ringer Practice

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• She wanted to go to the party, but she had a problem.

• She wanted to go to the party but she had a problem.

• She wanted to go, to the party, but she had a problem.

• She, wanted to go to the party but she, had a problem.

Answer explanation

comma needed before FANBOYS

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• Who's going, to the game, with us?

• Whose going, to the game, with us?

• Who's going to the game with us?

• Whose going to the game with us?

Answer explanation

The contraction "who's" = who is

"Whose" is the possessive form of the word

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• All choices are incorrect.

• Mona's parents' house is in Big Bear Lake.

• Mona's parents house is in Big Bear Lake.

• Mona's parent's house is in Big Bear Lake.

Answer explanation

plural possessive

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• The team lost, its first game of chess.

• The team lost its first game of chess.

• The team lost it's first game of chess.

• The team lost it's first game, of chess.

Answer explanation

apostrophe use: "its" is possessive, not the contraction "it's"

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• Dr. Horowitz my Geology professor, provided several pages of notes before the test.

• Dr. Horowitz, my Geology professor - provided several pages of notes before the test.

• Dr. Horowitz my Geology professor provided several pages of notes before the test.

• Dr. Horowitz, my Geology professor, provided several pages of notes before the test.

Answer explanation

Non-essential clause is properly set off by two commas