Which sentence is punctuated correctly? (1 point)
Responses
Before you leave for the store . . .check to make sure your grocery list is complete.
Before you leave for the store . . .check to make sure your grocery list is complete.
I added bread, milk, and sugar to the list of ingredients needed to make the recipe.
I added bread, milk, and sugar to the list of ingredients needed to make the recipe.
Because, we live at a high elevation, sometimes we have to adjust the cooking time for recipes.
Because, we live at a high elevation, sometimes we have to adjust the cooking time for recipes.
Baking bread is one of my favorite things to do—on a weekend afternoon.
Baking bread is one of my favorite things to do—on a weekend afternoon.
All of the sentences are punctuated correctly.
The sentence "Before you leave for the store . . .check to make sure your grocery list is complete." is punctuated correctly.
The sentence "Before you leave for the store . . .check to make sure your grocery list is complete." is punctuated correctly as it has a proper use of ellipsis.
To check for correct punctuation, we can analyze each sentence individually:
1. "Before you leave for the store . . .check to make sure your grocery list is complete."
- This sentence uses ellipsis correctly by placing three dots before the word "check," indicating that the speaker is pausing before mentioning this action.
2. "I added bread, milk, and sugar to the list of ingredients needed to make the recipe."
- This sentence is punctuated correctly as it uses commas to separate the items in the list of ingredients.
3. "Because, we live at a high elevation, sometimes we have to adjust the cooking time for recipes."
- This sentence is punctuated incorrectly. The comma after "Because" is unnecessary and disrupts the flow of the sentence. It should be written as "Because we live at a high elevation, sometimes we have to adjust the cooking time for recipes."
4. "Baking bread is one of my favorite things to do—on a weekend afternoon."
- This sentence is punctuated correctly. It uses an em dash (—) to indicate a break or interruption in thought, emphasizing that baking bread is specifically enjoyed on a weekend afternoon.
Therefore, the sentence "Before you leave for the store . . .check to make sure your grocery list is complete." is the correct choice.