Figures of Speech, Capitalization and Punctuation

How many words in the following sentence should be capitalized?
That same night, my mother told my father, "i'm taking phillip back to norfolk."

• 2
• 4
• 3
• 1

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Which sentence is correct?

• He yelled, "I found an abandoned treehouse!"

• "He yelled, I found an abandoned treehouse."

• He yelled "I found an abandoned treehouse!"

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which word should have an apostrophe in the sentence?
Sheer white curtains and fresh lilacs added to the rooms simple charm.

• curtain's
• lilac's
• room's
• curtains'

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

I am going home I intend to stay there.

• NO CHANGE
• home; I intend
• home, I intend
• home I intend.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Check punctuation!

"I've fallen in love with a circus clown!" Stacy Mae finally had the nerve to say to her shocked fiance.

• Incorrect

• Correct

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Richard Wagamese is an Ojibway First Nations’ poet, novelist, and journalist in “Returning to Harmony,” he critiques Canada’s residential school system.

• no error
• run-on sentence
• comma splice
• sentence fragment

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CCSS.L.4.1F

Which sentence is correct?

• The horse was crazy; it was too young to be in the ring.
• The horse; was crazy it was too young to be in the ring.
• The horse was crazy, it was too young to be in the ring.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Read each set of sentences. Three of the sentences have errors in capitalization, one is written correctly. Choose the sentence with NO ERRORS in capitalization.

• Mary, who just returned from a cruise, misses swimming in the Mediterranean sea.

• I said,"Do you want the boots, the sandals, or the running shoes?"

• Hugo Gurrero, sr., is opening a Spanish-speaking bookshop in San Antonio.

• One new Year's day, my stepmother is taking us to dinner and a fireworks display.

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Choose the sentence that is correctly punctuated.

• She was, as a matter of fact, mainly interested in showing off her vocabulary.

• She was as a matter of fact, mainly interested in showing off her vocabulary.

• She was, as a matter of fact mainly interested in showing off her vocabulary.

• She was as a matter of fact mainly interested in showing off her vocabulary.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What type of punctuation does this sentence need?

Math is my favorite subject ___

• !

• ?

• .

• ;

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B