English Homework
Commas and apostrophes
Comma question slide 1
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C French, Spanish, and German will be offered next year.
Look for shrubs that are short, rounded, and dense.
C Duane stared across the vast landscape.
Invite him to sing, to dance, or to tell jokes.
Jennifer sputtered, coughed, and finally took a deep breath.
Heat, drought, and poor soil were our biggest obstacles.
Someone drove up, saw your sign, and left a dollar.
We invited all of our aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Comma question slide 2
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Shopping during the weekend, I noticed many sales.
Well, most people pay more attention to nutrition now.
In the chapter, there were many facts about food.
When the weather is stormy, our animals roam freely in the barn.
At the end of one aisle, I noticed a shelf of free pamphlets.
During the week of January 3, 2020, the owner gave free balloons to her
customers.
7. Because the bananas were soft, Rory decided to make banana bread.
8. You can bring your dog along if you want to.
Comma question slide 3
1. The coal miner's lives were different from mine.
2. About half of the workers' houses had once belonged to the company.
3. Now local families own them.
4. In this community, the men's jobs were historically farming and mining.
5. The women's tasks included factory work, farming, and child care.
6. I visited one mine and was allowed to go down into the mine's tunnels.
7. The ones that I visited were about 400 feet underground.
8. All the miner's talk was cheerful until an alarm rang.
9. Everyone's face then became serious as we rode to the surface.
10. Although the day's work was cut short, no one was hurt.
Apostrophe question slide 1
1. The ones that I visited were about 400 feet underground.
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All the miner's talk was cheerful until an alarm rang.
Everyone's face then became serious as we rode to the surface.
Although the day's work was cut short, no one was hurt.
stops in Pine Bluff and Hot Springs.
C Does anyone in your school study the Cherokee language?
According to the weather reports, the wind's speed was greater than eighty miles
per hour.
8. I wrote my report about Xerxes' reign in Persia.
9. C The school's tennis team will practice at three o'clock.
By Hussam Aldin Barakat