WorksheetsGrammar and punctuation
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 21mins
Our new kittens who could not find their mother meowed loudly.
Marsha and Bill will you please stop arguing?
Which sentence uses parentheses correctly?
Adolf the (biggest chimp) was not very helpful to Jane, but Rashidi was.
Adolf (the biggest chimp) was not very helpful to Jane, but Rashidi was.
Adolf the biggest chimp was not very helpful to Jane (but Rashidi was).
Adolf the biggest chimp was (not very helpful) to Jane, but Rashidi was.
Which sentence uses dashes correctly?
Jane Goodall was studying the chimps by interacting with them at the time—a novel way to proceed!
Jane Goodall was studying the chimps—by interacting with them at the time a novel way to proceed!
Jane Goodall—was studying the chimps by interacting with them at the time a novel way to proceed!
Jane Goodall was studying the chimps by interacting with them—at the time a novel way to proceed!
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
Chimps like people sleep all night.
Chimps, like people, sleep all night.
Chimps like people, sleep, all night.
Chimps like, people, sleep all night.
What are the correct reasons for using parentheses?
Choose all that apply
To set apart nonessential elements from the rest of the sentence.
To suggest the information is even less important than information set off by commas.
To take the place of quotation marks when a character is speaking.
My doctor, who graduated from Harvard University, is very intelligent.
Choose the sentence in which the quotation is correctly punctuated
"Wait!" yelled Marilyn, "I'm about to be finished."
"Wait" yelled Marilyn, "I'm about to be finished."
"Wait!" yelled Marilyn, "i'm about to be finished".
Choose the sentence in which the quotation is correctly punctuated
Papyrus I wrote in my report, "was a kind of paper used by the Egyptians.
"Papyrus," I wrote in my report "was a kind of paper used by the Egyptians."
"Papyrus," I wrote in my report, "was a kind of paper used by the Egyptians."
Which is true about the following sentence:
Adam liked to read and learn about other people's psychological problems so he
chose psychology as a major through college.
It's correct as is.
A comma is needed after "psychology"
A comma is needed after "read"
A comma is needed after "problems"
How should this sentence be corrected?
He enjoyed hanging out with friends however this weekend he is hanging out with his family.
Add a semi-colon before "however," and a comma after "however".
Add a colon before "however".
Add a colon before "however," and a comma after "hanging".
Add a period after "friends," and a comma after "weekend".
I went for a run yesterday.
My muscles are sore today.
Before sounding was developed the depth of the ocean was measured with weighted lines of hemp or wiechore.
Peter neatly wrote a shopping list.
In the end of the story..
My dad, who is 64 is not coming to the, party.
Pick all the following that are correctly punctuated.
John did his homework before he went to bed.
Before he went to bed, John did his homework.
John did his homework, before he went to bed.
Before he went to bed John did his homework.
Which of the following is correctly punctuated?
While, my mother, is cooking dinner I usually do my homework.
While my mother is cooking dinner I usually do my homework.
Usually I do, my homework while my mother is cooking dinner.
I usually do my homework while my mother is cooking dinner.
Match one of the answer choices to the following clause: "although the weather wasn't very good"
Although the weather wasn't very good, we decided to have a picnic.
We decided to have a picnic, although the weather wasn't very good.
Although, the weather wasn't very good we decided to have a picnic.
We decided to have a picnic although, the weather wasn't very good.
Which answer choice is correctly punctuated?
Since, it had started to rain, we decided not to play tennis.
We decided not to play tennis, since it had started to rain.
Since it had started to rain, we decided not to play tennis.
We decided not to play tennis since, it had started to rain.
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
You must call me as soon, as you get home.
You must call me, as soon as you get home.
You must call me as soon as, you get home.
You must call me as soon as you get home.
The school day had ended; but I still had to go to practice.
Is the colon in the correct place?
