Punctuation and Sentence Structure Wednesday Warm-Up

“You are going to have a magnificent time‚” replies her father.

• Change magnificent to magnificant

• Change the comma to a semicolon

• Change replies to replied

• Change her to their

“He probably won’t remember me; even if he does‚ we won’t have anything to say to each other‚” Marta fretted.

• Change the semicolon to a colon

• Change anything to nothing

• Change fretted to freted

• No change is needed.

He saw Marta‚ and hesitantly tossed his basketball to her.

• He saw Marta and hesitantly tossed his basketball to her.

• He saw Marta. And hesitantly tossed his basketball to her.

• He saw Marta, hesitantly tossed his basketball to her.

• He saw Marta but he hesitantly tossed his basketball to her.

“I can’t believe it’s already Friday‚” she exclaimed.

• Change it’s to its

• Change exclaimed to exclaim

• Change Friday to friday

• No change is needed.

He quickly packed his bag‚ and left for the airport.

• Remove the comma after bag

• Change quickly to quick

• No change is needed.

• Change left to leave

“I will call you later‚” she promised.

• Change the comma to a period

• Change promised to promise

• No change is needed.

• Change later to latter

(5) Happy screams fill the air as the brief but good roller coaster ride comes to an end.

Which word would be a more precise word to use than good in sentence 5?

• thrilling

• beneficial

• friendly

• favorable

(11) Designers must understand the limits these forces create. (12) Understanding these limits helps designers when they are building and improving roller coasters.

What is the BEST way to combine sentences 11 and 12?

• Understanding the limits these forces create when building roller coasters helps designers when improving roller coasters.

• Designers must understand the limits these forces create when building and improving roller coasters.

• The limits these forces create help designers who must understand these limits when they are building and improving roller coasters.

• Designers must understand the limits these forces create when building roller coasters and when improving roller coasters.