Grammar Drill 1.1

• Vishnu found it hard to lift even a five kilogram sack of rice since he had sprained his wrist last week.

• Which punctuation mark is missing?

• comma and dash

• comma and hyphen

• semi-colon

• none of the above

• Santana said she would be auditioning for the lead role in Funny Girl.

• The sentence is not grammatically correct because

• a comma is missing

• a semi-colon is needed

• that is missing

• question marks is needed around the title Funny Girl

Rachel said, I have an interview tomorrow.

Identify the missing punctuation in the sentence

• an exclamation

• quotation marks

• another comma is needed

• nothing is wrong

When Jackie returned from the cinema last night she had her dinner and went straight to bed.

Identify if the punctuation is correctly used.

• a comma after When

• a comma after last night

• a comma after cinema

• none needed

She brought oranges, grapefrut pineapple and melons for the party.

The missing punctuation in the sentence is:

• another comma is neeed

• nothing is missing

• a dash is needed

• a semi-colon is needed

He said, "Think carefully before you act", she added "Be careful when you act."

• no error at all

• the "T" in think should not be capitalized

• only a comma is missing and nothing else

• a comma and semi-colon missing

Chad sat in front of the canoe, frowning his arms and shoulders.

Correct the sentence.

• the wrong word is being used

• a semi colon is needed

• a and b, along with some more words are needed

• some more words are needed along with a word change