Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Grammar - Muschla Gary Robert 2010

American Legend
Italics
Punctuation and capitalization

According to legend, Pecos Bill was the greatest American cowboy. His horse was as tough as he was. What was the name of Pecos Bill’s horse?

To answer the question, read each sentence below and find the missing punctuation mark. Choose your answers from the choices listed after the sentences. If no punctuation mark is missing, write the letter for none. Write the letter of each answer in the space above its sentence number at the bottom of the page. Not all of the answers will be used.

1. Wesleys class is reading tall tales.

2. The stories about Pecos Bill are very popular.

3. Bill is the greatest cowboy in history and he performed super feats.

4. Wesley’s alltime favorite story is the one where Bill lassoes a tornado.

5. “Wow” said Nicole with great surprise. “I like that one, too.”

6. “I like the stories of Paul Bunyan better, said Thomas.

7. “You can find more of these stories in a book called American Tall Tales,” she said.

8. “Is it in the library” asked Wesley.

9. “Yes,” she said, “but the library closes today at 315.”

Answers

T. Period

M. Question Mark

O. Comma

W. Colon

K. Italics

I. None

D. Exclamation Point

E. Hyphen

A. Apostrophe

R. Quotation Mark