Punctuation Quiz



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Study Guide for the Grammar Test

Please review all of the following ideas in order to be prepared for this Thursday’s grammar test.

1. Give examples sentences for each of the 6 comma rules.

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2. Write a sentence that uses a semicolon correctly.

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3. Give examples of the two ways to use a colon appropriately.

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4. What is the difference between a dash and a hyphen? Give examples.

5. List the two ways to use an apostrophe.

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6. Write an example of the 4 sentence types:

• Simple-

• Compound-

• Complex-

• Run-on-

7. What are the two parts of a simple sentence? Explain.

8. What are the differences between the homophones:

a. Their

b. There

c. they’re

d. your

e. you’re

f. to

g. two

h. too

9. What is the difference between affect and effect? Explain.

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10. List the meanings of the following foreign words:

a. faux pas-

b. forte-

c. status quo-

d. ad lib-

e. alma mater-

f. verbatim-

g. bona fide-

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