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NCRW Grammar and Mechanics

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is used to show information has been removed from a quotation.

a)

An Ampersand

b)

A Dash

c)

A Hyphen

d)

An Ellipses

2.

Hyphens are used with . . .

a)

Compound Nouns, Compound Adjectives

b)

All of these

c)

Words with prefixes

d)

Numbers

3.

Which is NOT a compound noun?

a)

Mother-in-law

b)

Three-year-old

c)

Merry-go-round

d)

Jive turkey

4.

Use ___ when a sentence already contains a number of commas.

a)

Commas

b)

Parenthesis

c)

Dashes

d)

Apostrophes

5.

A semi-colon is ?

a)

a period on top of another period

b)

a period with an asterisk

c)

a comma under parenthesis

d)

a period on top of a comma

6.

A colon is ?

a)

an exclamation mark

b)

a circumflex

c)

a period on top of another period

d)

a pilcrow

7.

Which one is a pilcrow?

a)

b)

c)

« »

d)

>

8.

Which one is an ampersand?

a)

@

b)

$

c)

&

d)

*

9.

For combining related sentences and separating list items use a . . .

a)

plus sign

b)

brackets

c)

an obelus

d)

semicolon

10.

What is this called? §

a)

Manicule

b)

Fleuron

c)

Obelus

d)

Silcrow