Ellipses

Ellipses

8th Grade

15 Qs

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Ellipses

Ellipses

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English

8th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

CCSS
L.8.2A, RI.9-10.4, L.7.6

+8

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Add an ellipses where needed to the following sentence.


I am afraid to ask for.

I am afraid to ask... for.

I am afraid ...to ask for.

I am... afraid to ask for.

I am afraid to ask for....

Tags

CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Add an ellipses where needed to the following sentence. Your pink, yellow, and green hair is a unique look.

Your pink, yellow, and... a unique look.

Your pink, yellow, and ...green hair is a unique look.

Your pink..., yellow, and green hair is a unique look.

Your pink, yellow, and green... hair is a unique look.

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Add an ellipsis where needed to the following sentence.


The unexpected surprise was a trip to Hawaii!

The unexpected surprise was... a trip to Hawaii!

The... unexpected surprise was a trip to Hawaii!

The unexpected surprise was a trip to Hawaii...!

The unexpected... surprise was a trip to Hawaii!

Tags

CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which quotation uses an ellipsis correctly to indicate Olive's incomplete thought?  

“I can't stand . . . Olive."

“I can’t stand that . . . girl." 

“I can’t stand          that girl . . ."

“I can’t stand that girl,” Olive said. “She’s so . . . I hate her.”

Tags

CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

_____ is a series of 3 dots ( . . .) that is used when omitting a word, phrase, or line, from a quoted passage.

period

comma

ellipsis

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A reviewer wrote that the musical was "dazzling, colorful, beautifully performed, and had many outstanding special effects."

Which of the following shows how the author could correctly use an ELLIPSIS to shorten the quote?

A critic wrote that the musical was "dazzling, colorful, and beautifully performed. . . ."

A critic wrote that the musical was "dazzling, colorful, . . . and beautifully performed."

Tags

CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

“The reader was unsure about its meaning ___ it was time to check the dictionary.”


What punctuation mark should be used in the blank?

comma

dashe

ellipsis

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