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English Grammar:

Punctuation Study Guide

This study guide should be used along with the follow-

ing program published by Video Aided Instruction. The

instructor works through the exercises found in this

guide – and much, much more – during the course of the

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Introduction

Video Aided Instruction’s English Grammar Series

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to learn than ever before – whether you’re new to

English or you’ve been speaking it for years!

English Grammar: Punctuation

1 DVD · 1 hr. 54 mins.

item #VAI-1094 · price $39.95

isbn 1-57385-109-4 · upc 600459109493

Many people have a tough time using commas, semi-

colons, and other punctuation marks correctly. But

once you master the basic rules, perfect punctuation

can become automatic. This program teaches you

where to put these “road signs” in your sentences

– so no one will get lost while reading your work!

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English Grammar: Punctuation Study Guide

Lesson 1 – Punctuating the End of a Sentence

Exercise 1

Directions: Each of the following sentences is missing its end punctuation. Read each sentence and decide

whether it is a declarative, interrogative, imperative, or exclamatory sentence. Then add the correct end

punctuation.

1. Where can I buy a portable radio similar to the one you brought to the ball game yesterday

2. After giving me reliable service for eight years, my car inally broke down last week

3. That’s an incredible story

4. I’d like to know why the senator voted against the appropriation bill

5. Let me have a copy of the paper you wrote for our art history class

Lesson 2 – Using Commas

Exercise 2

Directions: In the following sentences, some commas have been misused or omitted. Read each sentence

and decide how commas should be added or omitted to make the sentence correct.

1. The exhibit includes fossil remains of apatosaurus stegosaurus tyrannosaurus and several other

dinosaurs.

2. Having been born in Nigeria Henry, never saw snow until he visited Colorado last winter.

3. Felipe enjoys rebuilding the engines of classic cars and he was happy when Simone asked him to

work on her 1969 Corvette.

4. Lake Placid a ski resort in upstate New York, was the site of the 1980 Winter Olympics.

5. We spotted the actor, Tom Hanks, having lunch in a restaurant on Madison Avenue.

Lesson 3 – Using Semicolons and Colons

Exercise 3

Directions: In the following sentences, some semicolons and colons have been misused, omitted, or mistak-

enly replaced by other punctuation marks. Read each sentence and decide how semicolons and/or colons

should be added or omitted to make the sentence correct.

1. To this day, millions of opera lovers consider one man the greatest singer of all time, Enrico Caruso,

the renowned Italian tenor.

2. If you see a parking spot on the street, put your car there, otherwise, use a parking lot.

3. Under relentless questioning by the teacher, Joanne inally admitted that: she had copied part of

her paper from a book in the school library.

4. At irst, Columbus thought his ships had landed in India; for this reason, he called the native people

he encountered Indians.

5. Four cities are being considered to host the world soccer championships; Madrid, Spain, Seoul,

South Korea, Sydney, Australia, and Bogotá, Colombia.

English Grammar: Punctuation Study Guide

Lesson 4 – Using Quotation Marks

Exercise 4

Directions: In the following sentences, some quotation marks and other punctuation marks have been

omitted. Read each sentence and add any missing punctuation marks in the proper places.

1. As Robert Frost remarked in his poem Mending Wall, Good fences make good neighbors

2. What did Emerson mean when he wrote the words, I hate quotations. Tell me what you know

3. The company president asked all employees to look for ways to work more eficiently and there-

fore save money

4. Churchill ended his stirring wartime speech with the words, Let us therefore bear ourselves so that

men will say This was their inest hour

5. Everyone chuckled when Kevin quipped, Why is it that the teacher only calls on me when I haven’t

done my homework

Lesson 5 – Using Other Punctuation Marks

Exercise 5

Directions: In the following sentences, parentheses or dashes have been omitted. Read each sentence and

insert the indicated punctuation marks in the proper places.

1. Because the following day Wednesday was the irst of June, Loretta’s rent payment was due.

( parentheses )

2. Napoleon’s exile to the island of Elba marked the end of his career or so it seemed. ( dash )

3. The Battle of Bull Run known in the South as First Manassas was the irst major encounter of the

Civil War. ( parentheses )

4. When we compare today’s automobiles to those of a century ago, we can see that much has

changed in fact, practically everything has changed. ( dash )

5. In a later section of the book chapters four through six, the author describes in detail the early

struggles of the American labor movement. ( parentheses )

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