Punctuation

Add the correct punctuation:

Have you ever wondered where your gas money goes ______

Answer explanation

The sentence is a question, so it requires a question mark at the end. Therefore, the correct punctuation is '?', indicating that the speaker is inquiring about the destination of gas money.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Add the correct punctuation:

The biggest portion goes to the manufacturers of crude oil, the people who get the oil out of the ground______

Answer explanation

The sentence is a complete thought and requires a period at the end to indicate its conclusion. Therefore, the correct punctuation is a period (.) after 'ground'.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Add the correct puntuation:

They take a whopping 72%_____

Answer explanation

The correct punctuation is '!' because the statement expresses a strong emotion or emphasis about the 72%. It indicates surprise or excitement about the high percentage.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Add the correct punctuation:

The people who refine the crude oil, turning it into gasoline, earn about 9%_____

Answer explanation

The sentence is a complete thought and requires a period at the end to indicate its conclusion. Therefore, the correct punctuation is a period (.) after '9%'. The answer is 0, meaning no additional punctuation is needed.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Add the correct punctuation:

The distributors, people who move the oil around, make 7%____

Answer explanation

The sentence is a complete thought, so it requires a period at the end. The correct punctuation is a period (.) to indicate the end of the statement about the distributors making 7%.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Add the correct punctuation:

 Taxes account for another 12%___.

Answer explanation

The correct punctuation is a period (.) at the end of the sentence. It indicates the end of a complete thought. Therefore, the answer is 0, as no additional punctuation is needed before the period.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Add the correct punctuation 

Do you know how much the station owners make____

Answer explanation

The correct punctuation for the question is a question mark (?). It indicates that the sentence is asking for information about the earnings of the station owners.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Add the correct punctuation:

They make as little as a few cents A GALLON___

Answer explanation

The sentence "They make as little as a few cents A GALLON" does not require punctuation at the end. Therefore, the correct choice is 0, indicating no punctuation is needed.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Add the correct punctuation:

Shocking, isn’t it___

Answer explanation

The correct punctuation is a question mark (?). The phrase "Shocking, isn’t it" implies a rhetorical question, thus requiring a question mark at the end to indicate the questioning tone.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Is this correct or incorrect?

My mother was thirty- years old when I was born.

• Correct

• Incorrect

Answer explanation

The statement is incorrect because it contains a hyphen in 'thirty- years', which is grammatically incorrect. It should be 'thirty years old'. Therefore, the correct answer is 'Incorrect'.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.L.9-10.1