Basic Punctuation Exercise

Put in semicolons, colons, dashes, quotation marks, Italics (use an underline), and parentheses where ever they are needed in the following sentences. 1. The students in question Charlotte, Priya, and Ava areal all superstars!

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

James, Evelyn, Emma, and other students from various countries are participating in a thrilling airlift adventure! Help them by putting in semicolons, colons, dashes, quotation marks, Italics (use an underline), and parentheses where ever they are needed in the following sentences. 2. Several countries participated in the airlift: Italy, Belgium, France, and Luxembourg.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Grace, the creative engineer, exclaimed, 'There's no room for error! We must double-check every calculation!'

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Can you help Maya, Benjamin, and Liam put in semicolons, colons, dashes, quotation marks, Italics (use an underline), and parentheses where ever they are needed in the following sentences? 4. Judge Carswell, later to be nominated for the Supreme Court, had ruled against civil rights.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

Put in semicolons, colons, dashes, quotation marks, Italics (use an underline), and parentheses where ever they are needed in the following sentences. 5. In last week's New Yorker, one of my favourite magazines, I enjoyed reading Leland's article How Not to Go Camping.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Samuel, said Jim, I'll be home by ten!

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Arjun, Lily, and Isla were faced with a challenge: how to make studying until dawn more exciting? Put in semicolons, colons, dashes, quotation marks, Italics (use an underline), and parentheses wherever they are needed in the following sentences.
7. There was only one thing to do: study till dawn.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Put in semicolons, colons, dashes, quotation marks, Italics (use an underline), and parentheses where ever they are needed in the following sentences. 8. Montaigne wrote the following: 'A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.'

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Let's add some flair to this sentence! Use semicolons, colons, dashes, quotation marks, Italics (use an underline), and parentheses wherever needed to make it pop!
9. The primary colors - red, blue, and yellow - are like a vibrant rainbow! 🌈

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Put in semicolons, colons, dashes, quotation marks, Italics (use an underline), and parentheses where ever they are needed in the following sentences. 10. Arriving on the 8:10 plane were Sophia, my best friend; Ava, the fashionista; and Kai, the tech guru.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A