Functional English WORK SHEET 5.2
(A) Punctuate the following sentences:
a. God made women
beautiful so that men may love them and men foolish so that they may return the
favour
b. We had a great
time in France the kids really enjoyed it
c. His attitude to
say the least was really horrible
d. Some people work
best in the mornings others do better in the evenings
e. America england
and france got together and went after germany
f. What are you doing next weekend
g. Milton the great
Puritan poet went blind at the age of forty four.
h. Mother had to go
into hospital she had heart problems
i. He told his wife Learn to live with my silence.
j. Did you understand why I was upset
k. It is a fine idea
let us hope that it is going to work
l. We will be arriving on Monday morning at least I think so
m. A textbook can be
a wall between teacher and class
n. The girls father
sat in a corner
o. In the words of
Murphys Law Anything that can go wrong will go wrong
(B)
Find out basic punctuation errors:
a. The dots…. may
also be called leaders.
b. Mind your ps and
qs
c. There are no if’s
and but’s in the face of enemy fire.
d. There are no buts
in the sentence.
e. He married Sania,
Anuj, Ahana.
f. To the weak by nature, all things are bad.
g. I met a beautiful,
European woman.
h. Once I realized
that I could no longer rely on him.
i. The accused said the judge is to be hanged.
j. My aunt who lives in Mumbai is a doctor.
(C)
Select the
correctly punctuated sentence:
1.
a) Spain is a beautiful country; the beache's are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.
a) Spain is a beautiful country; the beache's are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.
b) Spain is a beautiful country: the
beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.
c) Spain is a beautiful country, the
beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.
d) Spain is a beautiful country; the
beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.
2.
a) The children's books were all left in the following places: Mrs Smith's room, Mr Powell's office and the caretaker's cupboard.
a) The children's books were all left in the following places: Mrs Smith's room, Mr Powell's office and the caretaker's cupboard.
b) The children's books were all left in
the following places; Mrs Smith's room, Mr Powell's office and the caretaker's
cupboard.
c) The childrens books were all left in
the following places: Mrs Smiths room, Mr Powells office and the caretakers
cupboard.
d) The children's books were all left in
the following places, Mrs Smith's room, Mr Powell's office and the caretaker's
cupboard.
3.
a) She always enjoyed sweets, chocolate, marshmallows and toffee apples.
a) She always enjoyed sweets, chocolate, marshmallows and toffee apples.
b) She always enjoyed: sweets, chocolate,
marshmallows and toffee apples.
c) She always enjoyed sweets chocolate
marshmallows and toffee apples.
d) She always enjoyed sweet's, chocolate,
marshmallow's and toffee apple's.
4.
a) Sarah's uncle's car was found without its wheels in that old derelict warehouse.
b) Sarah's uncle's car was found without
its wheels in that old, derelict warehouse.
c) Sarahs uncles car was found without its
wheels in that old, derelict warehouse.
d) Sarah's uncle's car was found without
it's wheels in that old, derelict warehouse.
5.
a) I can't see Tim's car, there must have been an accident.
a) I can't see Tim's car, there must have been an accident.
b) I cant see Tim's car; there must have
been an accident.
c) I can't see Tim's car there must have
been an accident.
d) I can't see Tim's car; there must have
been an accident.
(D) Punctuate the following passage using appropriate punctuation marks
whenever required:
winston is one of the most laid-back people i know he is tall and slim
with black hair and he always wears a t-shirt and black jeans his jeans have
holes in them and his baseball boots are scruffy too he usually sits at the
back of the class and he often seems to be asleep however when the exam results
are given out he always gets an "A" i don't think hes as lazy as he
appears to be
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