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Test Description: Review ellipses, dashes, and commas.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which sentence correctly uses a dash/dashes to replace a comma/commas?
A
Popular music - country, jazz, rock, and folk - is played on 3/4s of- our local radio stations.
B
Popular music - country, jazz, rock, and folk - is played on 3/4s of our local radio stations.
C
Popular music country - jazz - rock - and folk is played on 3/4s of our local radio stations.
D
Popular music - country, jazz, rock, and folk is played on 3/4s of our local radio stations.
2) Which sentence correctly uses a dash to replace commas?
A
Mr. McGreavy and - Mrs. McGreavy - are going to work.
B
Mr. McGreavy is - the winner - at work.
C
Mr. McGreavy - is going to work.
D
Mr. McGreavy - please come down here!
3) What can ellipses be used for?
A
used to indicate a pause for effect
B
used to indicate an unfinished thought
C
to show that one or more words have been omitted within a quote
D
all of the above
4) What can a dash be used for?
A
to connect two words and create one
B
to subtract numbers
C
to connect more than two sentences
D
to set off explanatory or supplementary material in sentences (interruptions)
5) Which sentence is properly punctuated?
A
Rock and roll - a type of music - born in the 20th century is a respected art form.
B
Rock and roll - a type of music born in the 20th century - is a respected art form.
C
Rock and roll a type of music born in the 20th century is a respected art form.
D
Rock and roll - a type of music born in the 20th century is a respcted art form.
6) Which sentence is properly punctuated?
A
This - was the first okay, the second time that I played that CD at high volume.
B
This was the first - okay, the second time that I played that CD - at high volume.
C
This was the first okay, the second time that I played that CD at high volume.
D
This was the first - okay, the second time - that I played that CD at high volume.
7) Which sentence is properly punctuated?
A
Suzy decided to take the long way, walking home from the store on a sunny day.
B
Suzy...walking home on a sunny day...decided to take the long way home.
C
Walking home from the store on a sunny day, Suzy decided to take the long way home.
D
Suzy walking home from the store on a sunny day decided to take the long way.
8) Which sentence is properly punctuated?
A
With summer on its way...the students were getting anxious.
B
With summer on its way the students were getting anxious.
C
The students, with summer coming were getting anxious.
D
The students were getting anxious with summer coming.
9) Which sentence is properly punctuated?
A
No one took him home but everyone saw the puppy in the window.
B
Everyone saw the puppy in the window but no one took him home.
C
Everyone saw the puppy in the, window.
D
Everyone saw the puppy in the window, but no one took him home.
10) Which sentence is properly punctuated?
A
George was never taught to use dashes in writing.
B
George was never taught to use dashes in writing - so he used them wrong.
C
George was never - taught to use dashes in writing.
D
George - was never taught to use dashes in writing.
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