High School Punctuation

Kims assistant, usually so reliable, has been late for work three times this week, without any excuse.

• apostrophe (')

• comma (,)

• semicolon (;)

• period (.)

• none

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

Our class president, Horace Landek, called the meeting to order at 4:00.

• comma

• semicolon

• dash

• period

• none

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

“I remember” Luis recollected, “the first time I was allowed to walk home from school by myself.”

• Question mark

• comma

• colon

• semicolon

• none

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Madeline Larkin our office manager, is the most organized person I’ve ever known.

• colon

• semicolon

• dash

• comma

• none

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Lila wasn't feeling well __________ she decided to stay home from work.

• ; therefore,

• , however,

• , therefore

• ; however,

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

The play was performed excellently______the actors and actresses received thousands of compliments.

• ;

• , thus,

• ; thus

• ; thus,

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Everyone was shocked when Max Smithfield—a studious, extremely

bright high school senior decided that college was not for him.

• Semicolon (;)

• Comma (,)

• Dash (-)

• Colon (:)

• None

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

Arjun, Samuel, and Henry are writing responses to prompts on the final written components in Room 702. Which punctuation mark should they use to indicate the end of a declarative sentence in their story?

• !

• ?

• .

• ,

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

Grace wrote a sentence on the board and Sophia asked, 'Which punctuation mark should I use at the end to indicate it's a question?'

• ,

• !

• ?

• .

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Daniel, William, and Abigail are working on their Room 702 assignment. They are asked to write a compound sentence. Which of the following is the correct structure for a compound sentence they should use?

• A compound sentence consists of two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction or a comma.

• A compound sentence consists of two or more independent clauses joined by a subordinating conjunction or a semicolon.

• A compound sentence consists of two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon.

• A compound sentence consists of two or more dependent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B