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

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!"

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'

I am going home I intend to stay there.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

What type of punctuation does this sentence need?

Math is my favorite subject ___

• !

• ?

• .

• ;