Pibulsongkram Rajabhat University
Forms and Usage in Modern English II Punctuation Marks
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Directions: Rewrite the following sentences correctly, adding periods, exclamation points, and
question marks where they are needed.
1. I was wondering whether you have read about Tony Blaire
2. What a great Prime Minister he was
3. Some people did not think Roosevelt possessed the qualifications necessary for the presidency
4. They wondered how Roosevelt could continue in politics after an attack of infantile paralysis
5. When Roosevelt became President, the Great Depression had reached its peak
6. What terrible times those years were
7. What would you have done if you were President during the Depression
8. Imagine yourself in Roosevelt’s place
9. Roosevelt’s plan to end the Depression was called the New Deal
10. Will you please read about the New Deal in your history textbook
Directions: Rewrite the following sentences correctly, adding semicolon, colon, comma, dash and
parentheses where necessary.
1. The author John Steinbeck a Nobel Prize winner is one of the most popular American writers of
the twentieth century.
2. With a voice rich in expression Hunter soon became a popular singer.
3. Puerto Rico is part of the United States, and its residents are American citizens however, it is a
self-governing commonwealth.
4. In developing memory skills you might therefore focus on these three kinds of memory aural
memory, visual memory, and memory for written material.
5. Pickford was born in Canada worked on the New York City stage and became a film actress in
Hollywood.
6. Many people do not know that F. Scott Fitzgerald 1896-1940 wrote Hollywood films. He never
liked to publicize his fact!
7. Unlike most singers Alberta Hunter turned to a career in music late in life.
8. Sugar cane was introduced to Puerto Rico in 1515 remains an important crop to this day.
9. The following steps will help you to remember information (1) Concentrate on the information,
(2) repeat the information in your mind, (3) write and rewrite the information, and (4) make up a
jingle or another mnemonic device to hell you remember the information.
10. The company flourished Pickford became a successful producer and she retired a very wealthy
woman.