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Punctuation and Capitalization
Writing Exercises

The following exercises focus on punctuation and capitalization. Click “Submit Answers for Grading” to send the responses to your professor or to e-mail a draft to yourself if you wish to continue working on the exercises.

1 . Explain the primary uses for the following punctuation marks: the apostrophe, the comma, the colon, the dash, the period, the question mark, quotation marks, and the semicolon.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

2 . Correct the capitalization and punctuation in the following sentence:
yesterdays newspaper, the star-telegram, was delivered late again.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

3 . Correct the capitalization and punctuation in the following sentence:
ms Jackson called Dr. Vert to reschedule Tuesdays appointment

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

4 . Correct the capitalization and punctuation in the following sentence:
sarah didn’t skate very well, so she lost the united states world championship this year.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

5 . Correct the capitalization and punctuation in the following sentence:
The university of Texas is in austin, but the alamo is in san antonio.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

6 . Correct the capitalization and punctuation in the following sentence:
I want to attend boston university so I can live in the City. I heard that instead of cars, many student’s travel around boston on the subway system, called the mbta.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

7 . Correct the capitalization and punctuation in the following sentence:
Jessie does not like spanish class or History class, but she enjoys math and english.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

8 . Correct the capitalization and punctuation in the following sentences:
The hay Adams hotel is across the street from the white house in Washington, D.C. The location is nice because you can walk to restaurants and stores, as well as many Places of business.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

9 . Correct the capitalization and punctuation in the following sentences:
Maria owns the Blue goose, a restaurant on the east side of town. I eat lunch there on Thursdays after I play racquetball at Kens club

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

10 . Correct the capitalization and punctuation in the following sentences:
Have you read the article, ten tips for earning better grades. Its very helpful, especially if you have alot of test’s this semester. How many Tests do you have

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type at the beginning of the paragraph, and at the end.

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