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WorksheetsLanguage revision - punctuations and abbreviations
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 20mins
Which of the following punctuation marks are classified as end marks?
hyphen
question mark
full stop
exclamation mark
Which punctuation mark introduces a list, explanation or quotation?
comma
colon
semi-colon
full stop
Which punctuation mark is used to break up a word when we cannot fit the whole word on a line?
colon
full stop
ellipsis
hyphen
Which punctuation mark joins two words to form compound noun or a compound adjective
(a)
How many dots should an ellipsis have?
1
3
6
2
How do we indicate the title of a novel in writing?
underlined
inverted commas
capital letters
bold text
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Spain is a beautiful country; the beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.
Spain is a beautiful country, the beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
The children's books were all left in the following places Mrs Smiths room Mr Powell's office and the caretakers cupboard.
The children's books were all left in the following places; Mrs Smith's room, Mr Powell's office and the caretaker's cupboard.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
We will be arriving on Monday morning: at least, I think so.
We will be arriving on Monday morning – at least, I think so.
How do you properly correct this sentence?
i want to go to the grand canyon in december.
i want to go to the Grand canyon in december.
I want to go to the Grand Canyon in December.
I want to go to the grand canyon in december.
i want to go to the grand canyon in December.
On the first day of class students read an article about school safety.
class, students
class students,
class
no change
Usually, it's easy to like someone new after you take time to get to know them.
its'
it's
its's
no change
Yesterday, Erica went two a pumpkin patch with her family to pick a pumpkin.
to
too
to,
no change
abbreviation formed using the initials of a group of words to FORM A NEW WORD which is pronounced as it is spelt
abbreviation
acronym
initialism
a shortened form of a word/phrase using the first letters of the word/phrase
abbreviation
acronym
initialism
a series of initial lettes of word/phrases that form an abbreviation but aren't pronounced as a new word.
abbreviation
acronym
initialism
HIV is an
abbreviation
acronym
initialism
HIV
human interactive virus
human immuno virus
heavy insolated vacuum
human immunodeficiency virus
Why does the abbreviation Mon. end on a full stop?
because it is an abbreviation
because the abbreviation and the word ends on different letters
because it's a six letter word
to make it shorter
Mon. is an
abbreviation
acronym
initialism
Which is NOT an initialism ?
SA
SAP
NASA
DVD
Which is NOT an acronym?
FIFA
AIDS
Laser
IT
NASA is an
abbreviation
acronym
initialism
NASA stands for
North Atlantic Sea Agency
National Apple Snapple Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Aero Slab Administrator
NB stands for
nota bena
note book
Note well
important
PS stands for
chocolate
post scriptum
something written afterwards
i love you
v. stands for
versus
volume
against
vroom vroom
respondez s'il vous plait
rsvp
rvsp
RSVP
RPSV
