Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Grammar - Muschla Gary Robert 2010

Landlocked
Quotation marks
Punctuation and capitalization

Only two countries of South America are landlocked. This means that they are surrounded by the land of other countries. One of these landlocked countries is Bolivia. What is the other?

To answer the question, read each sentence below. If the quotation marks and the punctuation with them are correct, write the letter for correct in the space above the sentence number at the bottom of the page. If the quotation marks or punctuation with them is incorrect, write the letter for incorrect.

1. “I’m going to do my social studies report on Bolivia,” said Elena.

A. Correct

U. Incorrect

2. “That’s where my grandfather grew up,” she said.

A. Correct

I. Incorrect

3. “Isn’t Bolivia in South America,” said Marc.

R. Correct

A. Incorrect

4. “Yes, said Elena, near Brazil.”

G. Correct

R. Incorrect

5. “Have you chosen a topic for your report?” Elena asked.

Y. Correct

A. Incorrect

6. “Yes” said Marc. “My topic is the Panama Canal.”

E. Correct

U. Incorrect

7. He showed her a magazine article titled The Canal.

A. Correct

P. Incorrect

8. “There’s a lot of information in this article,” he said.

G. Correct

N. Incorrect