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Written Practice 5-13
In each of the following sentences, insert or delete punctuation as needed.
- Did the fi remen shout, “Sound the alarm?”!
- Her mother said I agree to fi nish your work however youll have to pay me
for my time. - Its not too late to change your mind.
- I spoke to him your dad and he agreed with me.
- Its warmer than 32 degrees we can take the scouts camping in the woods.
- Although Ive read through todays newspaper, Im not ready to throw it away.
- Your term paper the one you just handed in shows great effort.
- Three dates in history stick out in most peoples minds: December 7, 1941,
April 30, 1975, and September 11, 2001. - The train stopped in Atlanta, Georgia, Newark, New Jersey, and New Paltz,
New York. - We dreamed of buying shoes that were made in Europe (Italy Milan, France
Paris, and Denmark Copenhagen).
QUIZ
Find and correct the punctuation errors in the following sentences.
- Recent surveys of teens show some unexpected results teens feel positive
about themselves. - The mechanic at the garage said you need to leave this car for two to three
days. - These two sentences are closely related thoughts use a semicolon to
combine them. - James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, and Martin Van
Buren are the faces on the newest $1 coins and they will join George
Washington in the collection.