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Questions Related to punctuation

Select the sentence with the correct punctuation marks:
santa claus brings us gift on christmas

introduction to punctuation punctuation english

  1. Santa Claus brings us gifts on Christmas.

  2. Santa Claus brings Us Gifts on christmas.

  3. Santa Claus brings Us Gifts on Christmas.

  4. santa Claus brings Us gifts on christmas.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
According to general rule, the first word of every sentence must begin with a capital letter. Proper nouns are also capitalized in a sentence, however capitalizing regular nouns is incorrect.
Thus, the correct form of writing the given sentence is Option A. The remaining options are incorrect.

Select the sentence with the correct punctuation marks:
one night i decided to go to see the red fort

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  1. One night, I decided to go to see the Red Fort.

  2. one night I decided to go to see the red fort.

  3. One night i decided to go to see the Red fort.

  4. One night, I decided to go to see the red fort.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
According to general rule, the first word of every sentence must begin with a capital letter. The proper nouns, such as names of people, places should also be capitalized. The pronoun 'I' is also always capitalized.
A comma is used to generate a required pause in a sentence.
Thus, the correct form of writing the given sentence is Option A. The remaining options are incorrect.

_______ is the most basic form of punctuation which separates words, sentences, paragraphs  and chapters.

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  1. Dash

  2. Comma

  3. Space

  4. Colon

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
Space is a blank area that separates words, sentences, syllables and other written or printed characters. Thus, the correct answer here will be Option C.
The remaining options are incorrect.
Option A - Dashes are used to indicate a break in thought or set an appositive off from a sentence.
Option B - A comma is used to indicate a pause in a sentence.
Option D - A colon is used to introduce a list  of items in sentence.

Choose the option(s) that describes the function of ellipsis

ellipses punctuation english

  1. It helps save space or remove material that is less relevant.

  2. It is used to emphasize a word or phrase at the end of the sentence.

  3. It is used to represent a trailing off of thought.

  4. It is used to end a sentence.

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Correct Option: A,C
Explanation:

The ellipses is a punctuation mark, marked by three dots '. . .' and indicates an omission of a word or phrase. While quoting material, you generally want to include only information that is relevant to your work, and omit the remaining irrelevant part. This is done by replacing it with an ellipses. It is also used in informal writing to represent the trailing off of thought, for example, 'I still can't believe he...'. Hence options A and C are correct. Option B states the function of a colon mark ':', for example, 'There's only one thing you can do now: run!'. Option D states the function of a full stop '.'. Since options B and D do not state the functions of ellipses, they're incorrect.

Correct the ellipses with the help of the options given, if required.


"I'm not sure what I should do . .," he said.

ellipses punctuation english

  1. NO CHANGE

  2. should do . . .,"

  3. should do .,"

  4. should do . . . .,"

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

An ellipsis is a punctuation mark that is used to indicate a missing word or phrase, without which the sentence is still complete in meaning. It is represented by three dots '. . .'. In the given sentence, the ellipses has an error, because there are only two dots seen, hence it needs to be changed and option A is incorrect. "Should do . . .," has the correct form of an ellipses, hence option B is correct. "Should do .," has a full stop, it doesn't have an ellipses, hence option C is incorrect. "Should do . . . .," has four dots in its ellipses, whereas it's supposed to have three, hence option D is incorrect.

Choose the sentence which contains an ellipses:

ellipses punctuation english

  1. She brought home a cute, small puppy.

  2. Jason went to the market to buy the following fruits: apples, pears, and some mangoes.

  3. Oh no! If only i had...

  4. Mr. Bakshi will be here any moment; please keep the conference room ready.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

An ellipsis is a punctuation mark that is used to indicate a missing word or phrase, without which the sentence is still complete in meaning. It is represented by three dots '. . .' and this is seen in option C; the ellipses here a trailing off of thought. Hence option C is correct. The punctuation marks seen in option A are a comma ',' and a full stop, the former indicates a pause in a sentence and the latter ends a sentence. In option B we spot a colon mark ':' which precedes a list, like the one given ("apples, pears and some mangoes"), a comma ',' and a full stop. In option D we spot a semi-colon ';' (when the clause that follows is independent) and a full stop. We don't spot the ellipses '. . .' in options A, B and D, hence they're incorrect.

Identify the sentence/s with an error:

ellipses punctuation english

  1. I had never imagined . . . .

  2. He said, "I like cakes, candies and chocolates . . . ."

  3. I still cannot believe you did that . . . !

  4. I remember I saw my wallet somewhere . . .

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The ellipses is a punctuation mark, marked by three dots '. . .' and indicates an omission of a word or phrase. While quoting material, you generally want to include only information that is relevant to your work, and omit the remaining irrelevant part. This is done by replacing it with an ellipses. It is also used in informal writing to represent the 'trailing off' of thought, like all the options given. In options A, B and C the sentences end with an ellipses '. . . ' and a full stop '.', hence they all end with four dots. The sentence in D has the ellipses but the full stop is missing. As we need to identify the option with the error, we choose option D, and A, B and C being correct, do not have to be chosen.

Re-write the sentence using an ellipses:
In the morning, after we finished our breakfast, we went for a movie.

ellipses punctuation english

  1. NO CHANGE

  2. In the morning, after we finished our breakfast; we went for a movie.

  3. In the morning ... we went for a movie.

  4. In the morning (after we finished our breakfast) we went for a movie.

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Ellipsis is a punctuation mark consisting of three dots. It is used to show omission of words in the middle of sentence. It shows speaker has trailed off and left a sentence. Thus, option C is correct according to the rule where 'after we finished our breakfast' has been omitted. . 

Choose the sentence that contains an ellipses:

ellipses punctuation english

  1. Last night, we couldn't sleep well.

  2. Last night; we couldn't sleep well.

  3. Last night ... we couldn't sleep well.

  4. No option

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Ellipsis is a punctuation mark consisting of three dots. It is used to show omission of words in the middle of sentence. It shows speaker has trailed off and left a sentence. Thus, option C is correct according to the rule. 

Choose the ellipsis mark in the given sentence:
Oh... I didn't know what happened that night, all seemed fine when I left.

ellipses punctuation english

  1. .

  2. ...

  3. ,

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Ellipsis is a punctuation mark consisting of three dots. It is used to show omission of words in the middle of sentence. It shows speaker has trailed off and left a sentence. Thus, option B is correct.