Rosary Sisters’ High School – Beit Hanina

Name: _________________
Grade: 8 ( ) Date: ____________

Exercises on Punctuation

Exercise 1:
Put in semicolons, colons, quotation marks, question marks, and exclamation marks whereever they are needed in
the following sentences.

1. We had a great time in France - the kids really enjoyed it

2. Some people work best in the mornings others do better in the evenings
3. What are you doing next weekend
4. Mother had to go into hospital she had heart problems
5. Did you understand why I was upset
6. It is a fine idea let us hope that it is going to work
7. A textbook can be a wall between teacher and class
8. The girls father sat in a corner
9. In the words of Murphys Law Anything that can go wrong will go wrong
10. Several countries participated in the airlift Italy, Belgium, France, and Luxembourg.
11. There's no room for error, said the engineerso we have to double check every calculation.
12. In last weeks New Yorker, one of my favorite magazines, I enjoyed reading Lelands articlehow not to go camping.
13. Yes,Jim said, I'll be home by ten.
14. There was only one thing to dostudy till dawn.
15. Montaigne wrote the followingA wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.
16. The following are the primary colors red, blue, and yellow.
17. Arriving on the 810 plane were Liz Brooks; my old roommate, her husband, and Tim; their son.
18. When the teacher commented that her spelling was poor, Lynn replied All the members of my family are poor spellers.
Why not me?
19. He used the phrase you know so often that I finally said No, I don't know.
20. The automobile dealer handled three makes of cars Volkswagens, Porsches, and Mercedes Benz.
21. Though Phil said he would arrive on the 9 19 flight, he came instead on the 10 36 flight.
22. Whoever thought said Helen that Jack would be elected class president
23. In baseball, a show boat is a man who shows off.
24. The minister quoted Isaiah 5 21 in last Sundays sermon.
25. There was a very interesting article entitled The New Rage for Folk Singing in last Sundays New York Times
newspaper.
26. Whoever is elected secretary of the club Ashley, or Chandra, or Aisha must be prepared to do a great deal of work, said
Jumitathe previous secretary.

Exercise 2:
Punctuate the following paragraph:

rainbows
My heart leaps up when i behold a rainbow in the sky wrote William wordsworth the famous English poet and most of us
share his feelings when we are lucky enough to see a rainbow there is an old saying that a pot of gold is buried at the end
of the rainbow but have you ever tried to reach a rainbows end of course its impossible because a rainbow is really just
the result of the raindrops refracting and reflecting light from our sun there are seven colours in the rainbow red orange
yellow green blue indigo and violet.

Exercises on Apostrophes:
Exercise 1: Write these short forms in full:
1. She’ll _______________
2. It’s _______________
3. Can’t _______________
4. Don’t _______________
5. I’ve _______________
7. I’m _______________
8. You’re _______________
9. She’s _______________
10. How’s _______________
11.Won’t _______________
12. I’d _______________

Exercise 2: Copy the message inserting the missing apostrophes:

Dear Esi,
Ive gone to grandmas house because she isnt
very well.
Dont worry. Its not serious.
Illbe back by six.
Theres juice in the fridge.
Have some of Aunties soup. Its in the pot.
See you later,
Mum

Exercise 3: Insert the apostrophe in the correct place in the sentences:

1- I found Charlenes schoolbooks on the floor.

2- Please return the twins books to the library.
3- I read my sisters magazine every month.
4- The teachers common room is very messy.
5- Mrs Hollingdales class is learning about apostrophes.
6- Unfortunately I ripped Karens book.