Last Chance for Gas for Unit Test 4
1) When you join two ICs with a coordinating conjunction,
what do you need to do?
2) What does FANBOYS stand for?
3) Why and where does the following sentence need a comma?
In a blazing fury of speed Harry jumped onto his horse and took off after Belinda.
Reason: ___________________________________________
4) Why and where does the following sentence need a comma?
Listening carefully at the keyhole we overhead their plot to blow up our French fries.
Reason: ___________________________________________
5) Why and where does the following sentence need a comma?
Armed with an intelligence beyond her years Karen knew how to use a comma at the age of four.
Reason: ___________________________________________
6) Why and where does the following sentence need a comma?
We had enough of his belligerence with strangers his awkwardness around girls and his obtuseness at English.
Reason: ___________________________________________
7) Why and where does the following sentence need a comma?
Before you take your Competency Exam in a few weeks you should practice writing it.
Reason: ___________________________________________
8) Is the following sentence punctuated correctly in terms of commas?
Shakespeare's most famous play, Hamlet, is difficult to summarize quickly.
Reason: ___________________________________________
9) Why and where does the following sentence need a comma?
We had a short wonderful time of eating too many greasy yummy hamburgers.
Reason: ___________________________________________
10) Is the following sentence punctuated correctly in terms of commas?
The pianist loved to tickle the ivories, and to take fabulous, flourishing bows.
Reason: ___________________________________________
11) Is the following sentence punctuated correctly in terms of commas?
I saw the boy with the red hair, who ate a garlic pizza all by himself last fall.
Reason: ___________________________________________
12) Is the following sentence punctuated correctly in terms of semi colons?
The test was extremely long and difficult, afterwards; we felt exhausted.
Reason: ___________________________________________
13) Is the following sentence punctuated correctly in terms of semi colons?
The hiring was over in September; the new assembly line was never reopened.
Reason: ___________________________________________
14) Is the following sentence punctuated correctly in terms of semi colons?
Ebenezer had no doubts about his treatment of the poor, moreover, he took amusement at their poverty.
Reason: ___________________________________________
15) Is the following sentence punctuated correctly in terms of semi colons?
We had
heard of the situation; before we went up to
Reason: ___________________________________________
16) Is the following sentence punctuated correctly in terms of colons?
Two of my annoying habits are the following; eating too much and eating too much.
Reason: ___________________________________________
17) Is the following sentence punctuated correctly in terms of colons?
We didn't want to do: the groceries and the dishes.
Reason: ___________________________________________
18) Is the following sentence punctuated correctly in terms of colons?
He left the place a mess: he never vacuumed, he left his clothes on the floor, and he piled his beer cans in the bathroom.
Reason: ___________________________________________
19) Is the following sentence punctuated correctly in terms of colons?
The first and foremost rule of English is to know the rules, such as: using a colon correctly.
Reason: ___________________________________________