CELSA CELSA - Combined English Language Skills Assessment Punctuation and Capitalization Questions and Answers 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which sentence uses commas correctly with a nonrestrictive clause?
- My brother who lives in Texas called me.
- My brother, who lives in Texas, called me. (Correct answer)
- My brother, who lives in Texas called me.
- My brother who, lives in Texas, called me.
Correct answer: My brother, who lives in Texas, called me.
A nonrestrictive (nonessential) clause is set off by commas on both sides, as shown in option B.
Question 2: Select the correctly punctuated sentence with a list.
- I need eggs milk, bread, and butter.
- I need eggs, milk, bread, and butter. (Correct answer)
- I need eggs, milk, bread and butter.
- I need, eggs, milk, bread, and butter.
Correct answer: I need eggs, milk, bread, and butter.
In a series of four items, commas separate each item including before the conjunction (Oxford comma).
Question 3: Which word should be capitalized in: 'We visited the golden gate bridge last summer.'?
- summer
- visited
- Golden Gate Bridge (Correct answer)
- last
Correct answer: Golden Gate Bridge
Proper nouns like the name of a specific bridge, 'Golden Gate Bridge,' must always be capitalized.
Question 4: Choose the sentence with correct apostrophe use.
- The dog wagged it's tail.
- The childrens' books are on the shelf.
- The children's books are on the shelf. (Correct answer)
- The childrens books are on the shelf.
Correct answer: The children's books are on the shelf.
'Children's' correctly forms the possessive of the irregular plural noun 'children' by adding apostrophe + s.
Question 5: Which sentence correctly uses a semicolon?
- I love hiking; and swimming.
- She studied all night; she passed the exam. (Correct answer)
- He ran fast; but fell.
- They arrived early; because traffic was light.
Correct answer: She studied all night; she passed the exam.
A semicolon correctly joins two independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction.
Question 6: Identify the sentence with correct capitalization of a title.
- She read the book Of Mice And Men.
- She read the book Of mice and men.
- She read the book of Mice and Men.
- She read the book Of Mice and Men. (Correct answer)
Correct answer: She read the book Of Mice and Men.
In title case, capitalize the first word and all major words; prepositions like 'of' and conjunctions like 'and' are lowercase.
CELSA CELSA - Combined English Language Skills Assessment Punctuation and Capitalization Questions and Answers 1
Which sentence uses commas correctly with a nonrestrictive clause?