Punctuation in sentences
Look at this passage from the first page of
Esio Trot.
some years ago when my own children were
small we usually kept a tortoise or two in the
garden in those days as pet tortoise was a
common sight crawling about in the family
lawn or in the back yard you could buy them
quite cheaply in any pet-shop and they were
probably the least troublesome of all
childhood pets and quite harmless
All the punctuations missing! Can you put it in
so that the passage makes sense?
Punctuation in sentences
When he was 14, Roald Dahl made up a really hard sentence test
for his mother. There are 15 sentences in this passage but they
are quite difficult to find. The sentences do not make sense all
together and need separating.
If you go to the zoo you will see elephants playing
the saxophone you first take a deep breath and
swallow the mouthpiece is then taken between the
lips and firmly to boot polish people are proud to
be or not to be is what hamlet said when bathing
the baby care must be taken to clean up one’s
sparking plugs should be the regular practice of
every driver who wants easy running does are
female wives may never forgive husbands tell took
a bow and shot the apple through the inside left
raced down the field and shot a gaol civilisation
being what it is is still necessary for locking up the
undesirable flies fly and pigs don’t brown is a
dentist and can be seen any day drawing stumps is
a sign that the match is over.
Can you work out where to put the punctuation?
Now see if you can make some sentences up
yourself to confuse the teacher!!
Correct answer with all punctuation in the right places.
If you go to the zoo you will see elephants.
Playing the saxophone, you first take a deep
breath and swallow.
The mouthpiece is then taken between the
lips and firmly to boot.
Polish people are proud.
To be or not to be is what Hamlet said.
When bathing the baby, care must be taken.
To clean up one’s sparking plugs should be the
regular practice of every driver who wants
easy running.
Does are female.
Wives may never forgive husbands.
Tell took a bow and shot the apple through.
The inside-left raced down the field and shot.
A gaol, civilisation being what it is, is still
necessary for locking up the undesirable.
Flies fly and pigs don’t.
Brown is a dentist and can be seen any day.
Drawing stumps is a sign that the match is
over.