Each of the sentences below contains an error in punctuation. Refer to the box below to write, in the space provided, the letter identifying the error. Then correct the error.
a. missing comma b. missing apostrophe
c. missing semicolon d. missing quotation marks
_____ 1. When Karen’s mother returned to college this year the entire family had to help out with the housework.
_____ 2. The cashier testified that the robbers face had been covered with a nylon stocking.
_____ 3. Arlene just received a promotion she’s now an assistant buyer for the sports shop in the mall.
_____ 4. Im thinking about calling the humane society, for our neighbor leaves his dog outside in the most bitterly cold weather.
_____ 5. President Coolidge, who was known as “Silent Cal” didn’t talk much and slept eleven hours a day.
_____ 6. My dad’s favorite saying is, Don’t pull tomorrow’s cloud over today’s sunshine.”
_____ 7. Lou rarely has a chance to relax on the weekends he’s too busy catching up on the laundry and the food shopping.
_____ 8. “Were you fired or laid off?” the woman at the unemployment office asked. “There’s a big difference.
_____ 9. The galaxy we live in is moving slowly through space someday it will probably collide with another galaxy.
_____ 10. My school expects me to buy a laptop next year but I will barely have enough money for my tuition.
1. a year, the
2. b robber’s
3. c promotion; she’s
4. b I’m
5. a Cal,”
6. d “Don’t
7. c weekends; he’s
8. d difference.”
9. c space; someday
10. a year, but
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