Ellipses for omissions

Ellipses for omissions

8th Grade

20 Qs

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Ellipses for omissions

Ellipses for omissions

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Hard

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Wayground Content

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the best way to rewrite this sentence? 
After school I went to her house, which was a few blocks away, and then came home.

"After school I went to her house … and then came home."
"After school...which was a few blocks away, and then came home."
"After school...and then came home."
After school I went to her house . . . a few blocks away, and then came home.

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Where should an ellipsis be inserted in the following sentence: "“You can’t blame me,” he stammered"?

After "me,"

After "blame,"

After "can’t,"

No ellipsis needed

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which type of punctuation mark is shown in the picture?

comma

ellipsis

hyphen

dash

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which sentence uses an ellipsis correctly?

Hmm...let me think about how I want to answer that question.

Hmm let me think...about how I want to answer that question.

Hmm...let me think...about how I want to answer that question.

Hmm let me think about...how I want to answer that question.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Give an example of a sentence using an ellipsis for effect.

I went to the store... and bought some milk

She said she would be here at 5... but it's already 6

The cat... jumped over the fence

I waited for hours, but she never showed up...

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Choose the BEST way to punctuate the pause in the sentence. 

The ball slowly rolled around the rim and finally, dropped through the hoop. 
The ball slowly rolled, around the rim and finally dropped through the hoop. 
The ball slowly rolled ... around the rim and finally dropped through the hoop. 
The ball slowly rolled around the rim ... and finally dropped through the hoop. 

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

I was hoping that we might . . . well, in the end, I guess, it didn't matter what I hoped because it wasn't meant to be.

passage of time

an unfinished thought

missing words from a quotation

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