Punctuation Test A
Directions:
Rewrite the following sentences. Add end marks. Circle the punctuation you add.
Part
1. End Marks
- My new address is 600 W
24 St
- Dr Evans will be in his
office until 4:40
- What circus did PT
Barnum manage
- Ms Carol F Kiley will
speak at the N H S graduation
- Ouch This pan is hot
Part
2. Commas
- Yes we went to the zoo
last summer.
- You can take a bus to
the zoo but we bicycled there.
- We took our lunches and
we spent the whole day.
- We saw a hippopotamus a
gorilla and an anteater.
- Since the zoo was built
a building was added.
- After the seals ate
their trainer let them swim free.
- “It seems to me” Carol
said “that this puzzle is missing some pieces.”
- “Come here Midnight”
Ned called.
- Last summer we went to
Richmond Virginia.
- On Saturday January 25
the excavation was begun.
Part
3: Colons and Semicolons
- Bring three things to
class tomorrow your text, paper, and a blue or black pen.
- It was a cold autumn
day however, it was quite sunny.
- I know that there is
not much time nevertheless, the
work must be finished by 530.
- Jack passed the history
test I failed it.
- The concert tickets
went on sale early by 1015 they
were sold out.
Part
4: Hyphens
- Ninety two is the best
golf score Julie has ever shot.
- Last week there was an
accident on I 5 that involved twenty seven cars.
- Mr. Perez’s daughter in
law is the new teacher.
- We received the store’s
new, up to date catalogue.
- Kelly’s Lake, once a
quiet, out of the way resort, is now a dirty, evil smelling swamp.
Part
5: Quotation Marks
- Mary said, The roof is
leaking.
- Who’s there? called
Michelle.
- The cashier asked, Will
there be anything else?
- Did Dad say, Come home
before midnight”
- Fortunately, said
Andrea, I’ve got fifty cents.
Part
6: Apostrophes
- We heard that there
wont be a show today.
- Her writings and
illustrations are well known in childrens literature.
- Soichiro Hondas company
has been producing motorcycles and cars in Japan since the 1940s.
- The 1s and 7s in this
ledger are difficult to distinguish.
- Jennys sister and
Paulas brother are both interns at St. Marys Hospital.