Honors English Punctuation test

Check capitalization!

Every Halloween confused little Thadeus dresses like an easter bunny, and every Christmas he cries to go trick-or-treating.

• Correct

• Incorrect: capitalize Easter

• Incorrect: lowercase Thadeus

• Incorrect: capitalize Easter and Bunny

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Check capitalization!

A group of students in Miss Tremble's Freshman Geography class is doing a report on baboons that eat bananas in Bangkok.

• Correct

• Incorrect: lowercase Geography

• Incorrect: lowercase Freshman

• Incorrect: lowercase Freshman & Geography

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Check punctuation!

The newlyweds suffered serious pre honeymoon concussions because the guests threw: canned goods instead of rice.

• Correct

• Incorrect

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Used to introduce a description, an explanation, or a list of items. It always follows a complete thought. Ex: That is the secret of my extraordinary life | always do the unexpected.

• colon
• ellipses
• comma
• semicolon
• apostrphe

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Indicates added emphasis, interruption, or an abrupt change of thought. More dramatic than a comma and also less formal. Use between groups of words. Ex: The house rule is simple | clean up after yourself.

• dash
• ellipses
• comma
• semicolon
• colon

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2B

This punctuation mark should never be surrounded by spaces. Its main function is to glue words together. They are used with compound adjectives and numbers. They often are used to clarify wording that would otherwise be confusing. Ex: The fifteen | year | old boy was known for quarreling.

• hyphen
• ellipses
• comma
• semicolon
• colon

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

Which of the following sentences use commas correctly?

• B) The sun was shining, and the birds, were singing.

• C) The sun was shining, and, the birds were singing.

• A) The sun was shining, and the birds were singing.

• D) The sun was shining and, the birds were singing.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which of the following sentences use commas correctly?

• A) I bought a book, a pen, and a notebook.

• B) I bought a book a pen, and a notebook.

• C) I bought a book, a pen and a notebook.

• D) I bought, a book, a pen, and a notebook.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Identify the sentence that is structured correctly.

• Because she was late to school she missed the first period.

• Because she was late to school, she missed the first period.

• Because, she was late to school she missed the first period.

• Because she was late, to school she missed the first period.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• The children's books are over there.

• The childrens' books are over there.

• The childrens books are over there.

• The childrens book's are over there.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D