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Question 1

Is the punctuation in this sentence correct? There were no wolves living near Mr. Baggins’ hole at home but, he knew that noise.

Answer 1

No

Question 2

Is the punctuation in this sentence correct? You’ve left the burglar behind again, Dori.

Answer 2

Yes

Question 3

A parenthetical expression is a word or phrase that is essential to the sentence.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Rewrite the following sentence with correct punctuation: Listening to their growling and yelping Gandalf began to be dreadfully afraid and to feel that they were in a very bad place.

Answer 4

Listening to their growling and yelping, Gandalf began to be dreadfully afraid and to feel they they were in a very bad place.

Question 5

Use commas after __________________ words, phrases, or clauses.

Answer 5

Introductory

Question 6

Write a sentence with a parenthetical expression that is correctly punctuated.

Answer 6

Today was an amazing day, though I forgot what I did, and I loved it so much.

Question 7

Rewrite the following sentence with correct punctuation: But even the fierce wild Wargs cannot climb trees.

Answer 7

But even the fierce, wild Wargs cannot climb trees.

Question 8

Rewrite the following sentence with correct punctuation: He waited till he had clambered off his shoulders into the branches and then he jumped for the branches himself.

Answer 8

He waited till he had clambered off his shoulders into the branches, and then he jumped for the branches himself.

Question 9

Write a compound sentence that is properly punctuated.

Answer 9

I went to the store, and I went home.

Question 10

Use commas between __________ or more adjectives before a noun.

Answer 10

two

Question 11

Use a comma to separate ________ or more items in a series.

Answer 11

three

Question 12

Write a sentence with items in a series that are correctly punctuated.

Answer 12

I loved to bike, hike, and swim.

Question 13

Is the punctuation in this sentence correct? This was dreadful sorrowful talk to listen to, Bilbo thought.

Answer 13

No

Question 14

Is the punctuation in this sentence correct? After what seemed like ages, they came suddenly to an opening where no trees grew.

Answer 14

Yes

Question 15

Rewrite the following sentence with correct punctuation: All of the sudden hundreds of eyes were looking at them yet Dori did not let Bilbo down.

Answer 15

All of the sudden, hundreds of eyes were looking at them, yet Dori did not let Bilbo down.

Question 16

Rewrite the following sentence with correct punctuation: What is this uproar in the forest tonight Guards?

Answer 16

What is this uproar in the forest tonight, Guards?

Question 17

Use a comma before a ___________ in a compound sentence.

Answer 17

conjunction

Question 18

Is the punctuation in this sentence correct? Bilfur, and Thorin were in another.

Answer 18

No

Question 19

Is this address punctuated correctly? Sheboygan Wisconsin, 53081

Answer 19

No

Question 20

Write a sentence with a geographical name that is punctuated correctly.

Answer 20

I love Fort Smith, Arkansas.

Question 21

Is this sentence punctuated correctly? It had a perfectly round door like a porthole, painted green, with a shiny yellow brass knob in the exact middle.

Answer 21

Yes

Question 22

Write a sentence with a date that is punctuated correctly.

Answer 22

I was born on May 10, 2004.

Question 23

Write a sentence with a nonessential expression that is punctuated correctly.

Answer 23

The boy, wearing the checkered underwear, was running away from the crime scene.

Question 24

Write an address that is punctuated correctly.

Answer 24

Fort Smith, Arkansas, 70875

Question 25

Is this sentence punctuated correctly: The Hobbit was first published in September 1937.

Answer 25

Yes

Question 26

Is this sentence punctuated correctly? Is the publishing company located in New York, New York or another place?

Answer 26

No

Question 27

Write a sentence that is punctuated correctly that uses a fraction as an noun.

Answer 27

The number one-half was on his cake.

Question 28

Which of these sentences is written correctly?

Answer 28

It’s a signed copy of his favorite book.

Question 29

Which of these sentences is written correctly?

Answer 29

We already bought their present.

Question 30

Rewrite this sentence with correct punctuation: Its always cooler by the lake in the summers.

Answer 30

It’s always cooler by the lake in the summer.

Question 31

Rewrite underline words with a possessive adjective that has an apostrophe: That was the favorite toy of the girl when she was little.

Answer 31

The was the girl’s favorite toy when she was little.

Question 32

Rewrite this sentence with correct punctuation: Their son is a four year old.

Answer 32

They son is a four-year-old.

Question 33

Which of these sentences is written correctly?

Answer 33

You’re all going to the graduation open house.

Question 34

Write a sentence that is punctuated correctly that uses a fraction as an adjective.

Answer 34

Eating one-fourths pie is hard.

Question 35

What is the correct way to write this word as a possessive?

Answer 35

Women’s

Question 36

Write a sentence with a number that uses a hyphen correctly.

Answer 36

Thirty-two people jumped off the rope.

Question 37

Rewrite underline words with a possessive adjective that has an apostrophe: The basketball team of the girls got lost in the blizzard and was late for the game.

Answer 37

The girls’ basketball team got lost in the blizzard and was late for the game.