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For each question, find the sentence that has a mistake
in capitalization or punctuation. If you find no
mistakes, mark choice d.

1- a. The instructor asked us if we needed more
time? question marks is incorrect
b. Carla’s mother is a pediatric dentist.
c. Every item in the store costs less than a
dollar.
d. No mistakes.

2- a. Jane’s family owned three Persian cats.
b. My Uncle always takes the subway to Yankee
Stadium.
c. Everyone knows that Marisa’s favorite book
is Pride and Prejudice.
d. No mistakes

3. a. “I’ll do the grocery shopping for you,
grandma,” Lucy said.
b. “Where can I find the best pizza in town?”
he asked.
c. “Be sure to arrive two hours early,” she
warned.
d. No mistakes.

4-. a. I always have a hard time getting up in the
morning.
b. We took: a tent, a cooler, and a sleeping bag.
c. The fog was as thick as potato soup.
d. No mistakes.

5-. a. This is someone elses coat.
b. Which of these songs was recorded by Bruce
Springsteen?
c. That book must be yours.
d. No mistakes.

6. a. Don’t stand in my way.
b. Cecilia and I fought our way through the
crowd.
c. The vegetables were old rubbery and
tasteless(need comma).
d. No mistakes.

7-. a. Remember to walk the dog.
b. “Don’t run”! Mr. Ellington shouted.(must be inside commas)
c. It’s supposed to snow today and tomorrow.
d. No mistakes.

8. a. Charleen’s parents worried whenever she
drove the car.
b. Who designed the Brooklyn Bridge?
c. Diseases like Smallpox and Polio have been
eradicated.(no need to capitalize)
d. No mistakes.

9-. a. Can you find the Indian ocean on this map?Ocean
b. Which river, the Nile or the Amazon, is
longer?
c. Lerner Avenue runs into the Thompson
Parkway.
d. No mistakes.

10. a. He’s the best dancer in the school.
b. We were planning to go, but the meeting
was canceled.
c. “Okay,” she said,I’ll go with you.”=("I’ll go with you.”)
d. No mistakes.

11. a. Does Judge Parker live on your street?
b. Twenty government officials met to deal
with Wednesday’s crisis.
c. The Mayor spoke at a news conference this
morning.(mayor)
d. No mistakes.

1)question mark should be replaced with a period.
2)b. Uncle is not used as a proper noun and should not be capitalized.
3) a. Grandma is used as a proper name and should be capitalized.
4)b. A colon should not be used between a verb and its objects.
5) a. There should be an apostrophe in the word else’s, which is possessive.
6) c. The commas are missing from this series of adjectives.
7) b. The quotation mark should appear on the outside of the exclamation point: “Don’t run!”
8) c. Polio and smallpox should not be capitalized. Diseases are not capitalized unless a proper noun is part of the name.
9) a. Ocean should be capitalized.
10). c. To set off the dialogue, there should be quotation marks before the word I’ll.
11) c. Mayor should not be capitalized because it does not refer to a particular mayor.

Plz share remaining questions of english portion.
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