Name:_______________________

Are you a master of capitalization and punctuation?

Part I: Punctuation
Answer the following questions to test your knowledge about the rules of correct punctuation.

1. Which of the following sentences is a correct example of a compound sentence?

Circle the correct answer.

a. My sister likes to go shopping for shoes, purses and jewelry.

b. Sara is a great student and works really hard.

c. Jim’s brother likes to eat vegetables, but he doesn’t like carrots.

2. Write a direct question and an indirect question.

Direct question:________________________________________________________

Indirect question:_______________________________________________________

3. What is the difference between these two sentences?

 The girls’ doll is lovely. _____________________________

 The girl’s doll is lovely. ___________________________________

4. In the following contractions, what are the words that have been combined?

Couldn’t __________________

She’s __________________

They’d __________________

5. Rewrite the following sentences with correct punctuation for dialogue.

What are your plans for the weekend? asked Jen as she walked into class. I’m
going to the mall to buy shoes replied Sam and I want to buy a new coat. Oh, I
need to shoes too; can I come with you to the mall? Sure! I’ll call you tomorrow
Sam said excitedly.

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Add the correct punctuation to the following sentences.
You may need to add commas, colons, semicolons, periods, exclamation points, apostrophes.

6. When you come to class you should bring the following things pencil planner and books

7. My moms soft fluffy cat Teddy hurt its tail

8. Dans report card has a lot of Ds her mother isnt happy with those grades

9. Run away The building is on fire

Part II: Capitalization

Answer questions 10-14 using your knowledge of correct capitalization.

10. Write three rules for capitalization. (A capital letter is always used when…)

• ___________________________________________________________________

• ___________________________________________________________________

• ___________________________________________________________________

Correct the capitalization in the following sentences.

11. they like to go to lake michigan a lot in the Summer.

12. conferences at elhs are next tuesday and thursday.

13. the michigan state spartans basketball team is ranked number nine in the nation.

14. my sister, lindsey, wants to move to chicago after she graduates from college.

Part III: Phrases and Clauses

15. How many phrases/clauses are used in the following sentence? ______

To get a job, Eric, a very hard worker, moved to Chicago and works for a small
financial company, which is located right downtown.

Extra Credit: Write a complex sentence using at least two different phrases and clauses, and identify
the type of phrase and/or clause you use.