Hard & Fast Rules Assessment 8/23/24

The _________ in "I can't" shows that it's a contraction of "cannot."

• comma

• apostrophe

• period

• semicolon

Use _________ to separate items in a list, such as apples, bananas, and oranges.

• periods

• semicolons

• commas

• colons

Match the following punctuation marks with their uses.

• Used to show strong feelings or high volume

• Exclamation

• Used to include additional information

• Parentheses

• Used to indicate a question

• Question

• Used to show someone's exact words in writing

• Quotation

Always capitalize the first letter of a (a)   when writing.

• sentence
• paragraph
• word
• letter

An (a)   is used to show possession, like in "Sarah's book."

• apostrophe
• comma
• period
• semicolon

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• I bought apples bananas and oranges at the store.

• I bought apples, bananas and oranges at the store.

• I bought apples, bananas, and oranges at the store.

• I bought apples, bananas, and, oranges at the store.

Match the following words with their correct capitalization.

• School

• monday

• Monday

• book

• Book

• school

• January

• january

Which sentence uses quotation marks correctly?

• She said, I love reading books.

• She said, "I love reading books".

• She said, "I love reading books."

• She said "I love reading books."

Which sentence uses an apostrophe correctly?

• The dogs' bowl is empty.

• The dog's bowl's are empty.

• The dogs bowls are empty.

• The dog's bowls' are empty.

(a)   is capitalized correctly.

• my favorite book is "charlotte's we
• My favorite book is "Charlotte's We
• My Favorite Book is "Charlotte's We
• My favorite book is "Charlotte's we