Had I but died an hour before this chance
I had liv'd a blessed time for from this instant
There's nothing serious in mortality:
All is but toys renown and grace is dead
The wine of life is drawn and the mere lees
Is left this vault to brag of
Identify the punctuation marks that fit the following blanks.
The wine of life is drawn ______ and the mere lees
Is left this vault to brag of _____
comma, period
period, comma
semicolon, colon
period, question mark
period, colon
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence below.
This has been a very long day hasn't it.
This has been a very long day hasn't it?
This has been a very long day, hasn't it?
This has been a very long day hasn't it
This has been a very long day, hasn't it?
Read the following paragraph and determine what changes, if any, need to be made.
It was a warm and sunny day in Arlington, Texas. Mrs. Lopez could feel the spring breeze as she walked to her car. "Man, oh, man," she thought, "this is the life!" It had been another fantastic day coaching the best 8th grade basketball team in the world.
Change “warm and sunny day” to “Warm and Sunny Day.”
Change “Man, oh, man,” to “Man Oh Man”
Change “Arlington, Texas” to “Arlington Texas”
No changes are required.
No changes are required.
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence below.
We had no information as to where he was where did he go
We had no information as to where he was? Where did he go?
We had no information as to where he was, where did he go.
We had no information as to where he was; where did he go?
We had no information as to where he was; where did he go?
Read this selection from Macbeth and answer the question that follows.
Had I but died an hour before this chance
I had liv'd a blessed time for from this instant
There's nothing serious in mortality:
All is but toys renown and grace is dead
The wine of life is drawn and the mere lees
Is left this vault to brag of
Identify the punctuation marks that fit the following blanks.
Had I but died an hour before this chance
I had liv'd a blessed time_______ for_______ from this instant _________
period, comma, colon
semicolon, comma, comma
period, colon, comma
semicolon, period, comma
semicolon, colon, comma
Read the following selection from Macbeth and identify the punctuation marks that fit the following blanks.
Stars _______ hide your fires _______
Let not light see my black and deep desires ________
comma, exclamation mark, period
period, exclamation mark, colon
comma, period, semicolon
semicolon, dash, comma