Punctuation, Capitals, and Sentences

She said: "I went to the store yesterday."

Above, the punctuation mark in blue is a...

• Hyphen -

• Comma ,

• Semicolon ;

• Colon :

You would use an ellipsis when...

• You want to omit a word, phrase, line, etc.

• You want to express hesitation or a change of emotion

• Both answers are correct

• Neither answers are correct

He traveled ... far across the country.

Above, the punctuation mark in blue is called

• A hyphen -

• A semicolon ;

• A colon :

• An ellipsis ...

Properly puncuate the underlined phrase in the sentence:

The three week camping trip was Dan's favorite part of summer.

• three week (no change needed)

• three-week

• three--week

• three, week

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.6

Choose the correct punctuation for the blank.

For the picnic we brought the following__ sandwiches, chips, and fruit salad.

• comma ,

• semicolon ;

• colon :

• hyphen -

Tags

CCSS.L.7.2B

Leonardo da Vinci painted The Last Supper to depict the last supper of Jesus with His disciples.

How should The Last Supper be punctuated?

• underlined

• in quotation marks

• with commas around it

• no punctuation needed

Choose the correct punctuation for the blank.

On September 2, 1945_ World War II came to an end.

• hyphen -

• comma ,

• colon :

• no punctuation

Tags

CCSS.L.7.2A

The English poet Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote the poem Ozymandias.

How should Ozymandias be punctuated?

• underlined

• in quotation marks

• with commas around

• no punctuation needed

Choose the correctly punctuated.

• two week's pay

• two weeks' pay

• two weeks pay

"Oh, what a rich inheritance a spotless reputation leaves __ exclaimed Charles Phillips.

• ,"

• !"

• ."