Put quotations where necessary in the following sentences. An answer key follows.
I hope you learned a lesson from this exclaimed Grandfather.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 2For each of the following items, choose the answer that illustrates the correct punctuation.
After years of litigation, the often bought Twain tale was finally published in Atlantic magazine
in 2001.
a. After years of litigation, the often bought Twain tale was finally published in Atlantic
magazine in 2001.
b. After year's of litigation, the often-bought Twain tale was finally published in Atlantic
magazine in 2001.
c. After years of litigation, the often-bought Twain tale was finally published in Atlantic
magazine in 2001.
Ques. 3Put quotations where necessary in the following sentences. An answer key follows.
Would you like to watch the football game, asked Mother, after we eat Thanksgiving
dinner?
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 4For each of the following items, choose the answer that illustrates the correct punctuation.
In 1876 Mark Twain wrote the novel A Murder a Mystery and a Marriage which he hoped to
publish in Atlantic Monthly magazine as part of a writing contest however no other authors
joined the contest.
a. In 1876 Mark Twain wrote the novel A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage, which he
hoped to publish in Atlantic Monthly magazine, as part of a writing contest; however, no
other authors joined the contest.
b. In 1876 Mark Twain wrote the novel A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage, which he
hoped to publish in Atlantic Monthly magazine, as part of a writing contest, however, no
other authors joined the contest.
c. In 1876 Mark Twain wrote the novel A Murder, a Mystery, and a Marriage' which he
hoped to publish in Atlantic Monthly magazine as part of a writing contest however no
other authors joined the contest.
Ques. 5Put quotations where necessary in the following sentences. An answer key follows.
The essay Graduation comes from Maya Angelou's book I Know Why the Caged Bird
Sings.
What will be an ideal response?
Ques. 6For each of the following items, choose the answer that illustrates the correct punctuation.
The poem Ode to a Great City originally titled Chicago was read by actor Tom Hanks he said.
a. The poem Ode to a Great City, originally titled Chicago, was read by actor Tom
Hanks, he said.
b. The poem Ode to a Great City' originally titled Chicago' was read by actor Tom
Hanks, he said.
c. The poem Ode to a Great City (originally titled Chicago) was read by actor Tom
Hanks. he said.
Ques. 7Put quotations where necessary in the following sentences. An answer key follows.
Have you read the poem The Road Not Taken?
What will be an ideal response?