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punctuation 2
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Perguntas do quiz (10)
1when are dashes used
- Ato set off a series of items and to show interrupted speech
- Bto show possesion or owernship
- Cto de-emphasize a part of the sentence
- Dto show that two words share a common element included in only the final term
2when are colons used
- Ato create compound adjectives
- Bto create compound nouns
- Cbefore a conjunctive adverb
- Dto indicate examples or a list
3which of the following is punctuated correctly
- ADear Ms. Smith.
- B4,30 p.m.
- CDear Ms. Smith:
- DTo, Bob Jones
4which of the follwing sentences is punctuated correctly
- AIt's toms birthday tomorrow; he's turning twenty.
- BIt's Tom's birthday tomorrow: he's trning twenty
- CIt's Toms birthday tomorrow, hes turning twenty
- DIts Toms Birthday tomorrow he's turning twenty
5when are hyphens used
- Ato create compound adjectives
- Bto create compound adjectives and to join a letter to a word that follows it
- Cto set off a series
- Dafter saluttions and for emphasis
6which of the following questions is puncutaed correctly
- AAt that point, he could think of only one thing to do: laugh.
- BAt that point, he could think of only one thing to do; laugh
- Cat that point, he could think of only one thing to do-laugh
- DAt that point, he could think of only one thing to do, laugh
7when are semicolons used
- Ato join two sentences that are closely related
- Bto seperate hours, mintues and seconds
- Cto seperate items in a seris if any of the itmes already include commas
- Dboth A and C
8when should you avoid using ellispes points
- Awhen you omit material from the middle of quotation
- Bwhen you want to mark a pause or hesititation
- Cat the begnning of a quotation
- Dwhen you omit material from the end of a quotation
9which of the following sentences is punctined correctly
- Awhen presented the news by the doctor, he said there was only one way to look at it, sitting down
- Bwhen presented the news by the doctor, he said there was only one way to look at it-- sitting down
- Cwhen presented the news by the doctor, he said there was only one way to look at it; sitting down
- Dwhen presented the news by the doctor, he said there was only one way to look at it-sitting down
10how many ellipses points should be used to indicate the omission of words within a sentence
- Aone
- Btwo
- Cthree
- Dfour
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- Quiz sobre punctuation 2 , criado por maisy r em 12-12-2018.
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