Station: Comma Review
1. How should you fix the following sentence?
The Mississippi River which is over 2300 miles long is the second-longest river in the United States.
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The Mississippi River which is over 2300 miles long is the second-longest river in the United States.
The Mississippi River, which is over 2300 miles long is the second-longest river in the United States.
The Mississippi River which is over 2300 miles long, is the second-longest river in the United States.
The Mississippi River, which is over 2300 miles long, is the second-longest river in the United States
2. How should you fix the following sentence?
Nancy read the information about commas carefully and she earned a perfect score on the practice quiz.
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Nancy read the information about commas carefully and she earned a perfect score on the practice quiz.
Nancy read the information about commas carefully, and she earned a perfect score on the practice quiz.
Nancy read the information about commas carefully and, she earned a perfect score on the practice quiz.
Nancy, read the information about commas carefully, and she earned a perfect score on the practice quiz.
3. Insert commas as needed in the following sentence:
Most people also believe that the desert is always burning under a merciless sun Mr. Jones.
4. Write a sentence that correctly connects two independent clauses with a comma and conjunction.
5. Write a sentence that correctly uses a comma to separate a sentence interrupter.
Station: Hyphens, Dashes, Parentheses
1. A dash is
a. Longer than a hyphen
b. Shorter than a hyphen
c. The same length as a hyphen
2. Write the following sentence on your paper inserting hyphens, dashes, or parentheses where they are needed.
My best friends Mike Matthew and Molly are coming to my party.
3. Write the following sentence on your paper inserting hyphens, dashes, or parentheses where they are needed.
Superior students notice that I said superior will not have to take the test.
4. Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?
A. The Sixth Amendment the right to a speedy and public trial—ensures that an accused criminal will not
sit in prison for an unreasonable amount of time before his trial.
B. The Sixth Amendment—the right to a speedy and public trial—ensures that an accused criminal will not
sit in prison for an unreasonable amount of time before his trial.
C. The Sixth Amendment—the right to a speedy and (public trial) ensures that an accused criminal will not
sit in prison for an unreasonable amount of time before his trial.
D. (The Sixth Amendment) the right to a speedy and public trial ensures that an accused criminal will not sit
in prison for an unreasonable amount of time before his trial.
5. Use your phone to look up a list of correctly hyphenated words. Write 5 examples down on your paper.
Station: Semicolons and Colons
1. The best thing about Winnie-the-Pooh is this it’s still great to read when you grow up.
a. NO CHANGE
b. book is this; it’s still great
c. book is this: it’s still great
d. book is this, it’s still great
2. Write the following sentence on your paper. Add a colon or semicolon where it belongs in the following
sentence:
Mr. and Mrs. Reed are remarkable they didn’t bat an eye when Eric told them that he had brought the soccer
team home for lunch.
3. What is NOT a rule for using a colon?
a. Use a colon to introduce a list.
b. Use a colon to introduce an interruption in a sentence.
c. Use a colon to connect two clauses when the second explains or summarizes the first.
d. Use a colon to introduce a question or quotation.
4. Write an original sentence using a colon correctly.
5. Write an original sentence using a semicolon.
Station: Ending punctuation
1. Choose the sentence with correct punctuation.
a. Great play I really enjoyed the ending.
b. Great play? I really enjoyed the ending!
c. Great play! I really enjoyed the ending.
d. Great play. I really enjoyed the ending?
2. The following letter is copied twice on your answer sheet. With your group, use end mark punctuation in two
different ways to impact the meaning of it.
Dear John
I want a man who knows what love is all about you are generous kind thoughtful people who are not
like you admit to being useless and inferior you have ruined me for other men I yearn for you I have
no feelings whatsoever when we’re apart I can be forever happy will you let me be
Love Jane
Dear John
I want a man who knows what love is all about you are generous kind thoughtful people who are not
like you admit to being useless and inferior you have ruined me for other men I yearn for you I have
no feelings whatsoever when we’re apart I can be forever happy will you let me be
Love Jane
Station: Apostrophes
Rewrite the following sentences on your paper with the appropriate apostrophe(s).
1. I wont let you go to prom with my best friends ex-boyfriend.
2. I went to see Shelbys new dog yesterday, but shes out of town.
3. Yesterdays in the past; tomorrows the future.
4. Alexis leads protests for animals rights outside the slaughter house.
a. NO CHANGE
b. animals right’s
c. animal’s rights’
d. animals’ rights
5. Write an original sentence that use an apostrophe correctly.