- Ontario Secondary School Literacy Applying Punctuation Rules Questions and Answers Flashcards
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Which sentence uses the apostrophe correctly?
Answer: The students' projects were displayed in the hallway.
The apostrophe in 'students'' correctly shows plural possession.
Which sentence correctly uses a semicolon?
Answer: Toronto is Ontario's capital; it is also Canada's largest city.
A semicolon correctly joins two independent clauses that are closely related without a coordinating conjunction.
Which sentence correctly uses commas to set off a non-essential clause?
Answer: The Parliament Buildings, which are located in Ottawa, attract millions of visitors.
Non-essential clauses must be set off by commas on both sides.
What is the correct way to punctuate a direct quotation within a sentence?
Answer: The teacher said, "Please open your textbooks."
A direct quotation requires a comma before the opening quotation mark, capitalization of the first word, and the period inside the closing quotation mark.
Which sentence correctly uses a colon?
Answer: The recipe calls for three main ingredients: flour, sugar, and butter.
A colon follows a complete sentence and introduces a list.
Which sentence uses quotation marks correctly with other punctuation?
Answer: She asked, "Did you finish your homework?"
When the quoted material is itself a question, the question mark goes inside the quotation marks.