Punctuation Test

 

 

           Examine the punctuation in each of the following sentences and mark the sentence as either (C) Correct or (I) Incorrect.

 


_____ 1. That part was settled, their compact had been subscribed by the photographer, they trusted one another, affection had triumphed for once in a way.

_____ 2. Outside on the square it had stopped raining and the moon was trying to get through the clouds.

_____ 3. [Her] childlike resourcefulness---to get a job in publishing, to become a gifted potter!---bewilders the imagination.

_____ 4. If the merchandise has not been forfeited I shall be glad to substitute a certified check in the amount of $3.56 for the check I sent you on March third.

_____ 5. Then at midnight I ordered everyone out. A cold night. A bright moon. The rattle of drums.

_____ 6. Nothing had happened since, nothing could happen.

_____ 7. Then something bellowed tremendously above his head, he heard human voices, a bell jangled and the sound ceased and the mist vanished.

_____ 8. Frank Conroy loves his yo-yo tricks, Emily Dickinson her slant of light.

 


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