Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Grammar - Muschla Gary Robert 2010

Constellation
Italics
Punctuation and capitalization

This constellation is easy to see. Two of its stars point to the North Star. What is the common name of this constellation?

To answer the question, read each sentence below and find the missing punctuation mark. Choose your answers from the choices after each sentence. Write the letter of each answer in the space above its sentence number at the bottom of the page. You will need to reverse and divide the letters into words.

1. Toby his brother, and father went to a space museum.

I. Comma

A. Period

O. Apostrophe

2. They woke up early and left at 8:00 AM

H. Comma

E. Period

M. Colon

3. The drive was long and they didn’t arrive until ten.

I. Comma

U. Colon

E. Apostrophe

4. They visited all of the exhibits

T. Comma

R. Period

N. Colon

5. “Which one did you like the best?” Tobys father asked.

D. Comma

J. Period

P. Apostrophe

6. “I liked the one about the stars, Toby said.

W. Comma

T. Period

G. Quotation Marks

7. “No I liked the one about the moon,” said his brother.

D. Comma

I. Period

T. Quotation Marks

8. “Did you like the show in the planetarium” their father asked.

L. Period

S. Comma

B. Question Mark

9. They stayed at the museum until 500 P.M.

U. Comma

E. Period

P. Colon