The following sentences lack
necessary end marks, commas, semicolons, and colons. Insert the correct punctuation in each sentence.
1. After you make the salad please set the table Jorge
2. What a great time we had at the beach
3. No you may not stay up until midnight children
4. Aunt Sheneta listening to my speech smiled and nodded
5. Call the fire department
6. That price however does not include the monitor and the printer and the fax machine
7. Because we were late we missed the opening scenes of the movie
8. Winded from her run she took a minute to catch her breath
1. After you make the salad, please set the table,Jorge.
2. What a great time we had at the beach.
3. No, you may not stay up until midnight, children.
4. Aunt Sheneta, listening to my speech, smiled and nodded.
5. Call the fire department!
6. That price; however, does not include the monitor,and the printer, and the fax machine.
7. Because we were late, we missed the opening scenes of the movie.
8. Winded from her run;she took a minute to catch her breath.
When you have added punctuation, we'll be glad to check your work for you.
I did add the punctuation in the second set.
1. If you put a space after "table," this will be correct.
2. incorrect
3. correct
4. correct
5. correct
6. incorrect
7. correct
8. incorrect
To correct the punctuation in each sentence, follow these guidelines:
1. After you make the salad, please set the table, Jorge.
- In this sentence, a comma is needed to separate the introductory phrase "After you make the salad" from the main clause "please set the table". Additionally, a comma is needed to address Jorge directly.
2. What a great time we had at the beach.
- This sentence does not require any punctuation. It is a simple statement and does not have any dependent clauses.
3. No, you may not stay up until midnight, children.
- In this sentence, a comma is needed to address the person directly. Another comma is needed to separate the independent clause "No, you may not stay up until midnight" from the dependent clause "children".
4. Aunt Sheneta, listening to my speech, smiled and nodded.
- Here, commas are used to set off the participial phrase "listening to my speech" from the rest of the sentence. These commas indicate that the phrase is non-essential to the meaning of the sentence.
5. Call the fire department!
- This sentence does not require any punctuation. It is a command or imperative sentence, and the exclamation mark emphasizes the urgency.
6. That price, however, does not include the monitor, the printer, and the fax machine.
- Commas are used to set off the word "however" as a transition or interrupter. The commas also separate the items in the list (monitor, printer, and fax machine).
7. Because we were late, we missed the opening scenes of the movie.
- A comma is necessary to separate the dependent clause "Because we were late" from the independent clause "we missed the opening scenes of the movie". This comma helps clarify the sentence structure.
8. Winded from her run, she took a minute to catch her breath.
- Here, a comma is used to separate the participial phrase "Winded from her run" from the rest of the sentence. This comma indicates that the phrase is non-essential to the meaning of the sentence.
By following these punctuation rules, you can ensure that each sentence is properly punctuated.