Punctuation Test E

Directions: Copy the sentence. Add needed punctuation. Circle what you’ve added.

Part 1 END MARKS

1. Have you seen Ms J L Pollock
2. Will you read my poem, Mr Krause
3. Wow That’s terrific
4. Larry’s family backpacked through the mountains
5. May I go to the game tonight with Dr Oakes

Part 2 COMMAS

1. Yes I’d rather go to Disney World Vickie.
2. Angie dug the soil and Andy planted the seeds.
3. Dan Pierce the manager flew to Miami Florida.
4. The treaty was signed on December 10 1898.
5. Laura baked a meatloaf potatoes and a cherry pie.
6. When the movie began the talking stopped.
7. “Let’s go” said Jerry “before it starts to rain.”
8. The plane will arrive in Tokyo Japan tomorrow.
9. Jack please put the pliers the hammer and the wrench in the toolbox.
10. After we ate the neighbors came to visit.

Part 3 Colons and Semicolons

1. There are only three primary colors in painting red, blue, and yellow.
2. Captain James Cook explored much of the Pacific Ocean he found the Hawaiian Islands in 1778.
3. I did not go to the movies instead, I worked on my essay until 830.
4. Marge emptied the trash Jim set the table.
5. At 900 A.M. we ordered the following two chairs, a table, and a lamp.

Part 4 Hyphens

1. Twenty one balloons were delivered to the birthday girl.
2. The ex teacher only had sixty two dollars in his falling apart billfold.
3. The half aware football player took a nasty hit.
4. The curly haired child owns that well loved dog.
5. Fifty five residents live over in that bi level complex.

Part 5 Quotation Marks

1. Carl said, I’ll run for office.
2. The man shouted, Get out!
3. Did she say, No one cares?
4. Behind the garage, Dad said, we’ll plant a garden.
5. Gail said that she liked the poem The Harbor.

Part 6 Apostrophes

1. Whos pitching for the Cardinals today?
2. Tinas house is farther than yours, isn t it?
3. California hasn t had rain in months.
4. The womens club held its weekly meeting.
5. My two brothers bikes are identical.