Punctuation

Identify the correct sentence.

• Let’s eat grandma.

• Lets eat grandma.

• Let’s eat, grandma.

• Let’s eat; grandma

Identifie the correct sentence.

• The laptop: which I bought last week: is already malfunctioning.

• The laptop;which I bought last week; is already malfunctioning.

• The laptop, which I bought last week, is already malfunctioning.

• The laptop which I bought last week is already malfunctioning.

Choose the correct punctuation to complete the sentence below:

I have three favorite hobbies__ reading, hiking, and cooking.

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What punctuation mark do we use to join two closely related independent clauses ?

1. To introduce a list or explanation we use

1. To indicate a pause or separate items in a list we use

It is often used to form compound words.

• Hyphen

• Apostrophe

• Em dash

• Dash

What is the function of the dash in this sentence?

My cousins—Oliver, Harry, and Lyra—cannot attend my birthday party.

• interruption

• additional information

• pause

• after thought

Which punctuation mark do we need?

Please read pages 97___102.

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Which punctuation mark do we need?

A smoke___free room.

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