Porfirio Cruz Garcia High School

District of Corozal
English Program-Mrs. W. Estrella

Name: _________________________________________ Date: ______________________________

Group: ________

Quiz: Punctuation Marks, Capitalization and Essay Parts

Part 1: Match the following punctuation marks and ways of capitalization. Read carefully and
write the correct letter in the blank provided.

1.______Punctuation Marks a. A Letter to a Clock Maker, is an example of…

2.______Period b. The teacher is very happy with your work, is an
example of…
3.______Comma c. Punctuation that shows doubt about the correctness of
something.
4.______Apostrophe d. Independence Day is an example of…
5.______Question Mark e. Punctuation used to keep words and ideas from running
together.
6.______Exclamation Mark f. Punctuation used to form plurals, possession and shorter
way of writing.
7.______Proper Nouns g. Spanish is an example of…
8.______Names of people/Abbreviations h. Punctuation used to show strong feeling about
something.
9.______Titles i. Puerto Rican is an example of…
10.______Historical Events j. Punctuation used to end a sentence.
11.______First word in a Sentence k. These are used as part of a sentence.
12.______Dates/Months l. Marco is an example of…
13.______Religions m. Christian is an example of…
14.______Languages n. On Monday, December 11th is my birthday, is an
example of…
15.______Nationalities o. Mr. De Leon is our Art teacher, is an example of…

Part 2: Read the following paragraph. Write the Punctuation Marks and Capital letters where
are missed out.

on sunday mornings my dad takes us all out for breakfast. my little brother tony always orders
scrambled eggs, and toast. My mom always orders sausages and pancake. I usually order
pancakes too, but I dont like sausages, so i order bacon instead My dad orders in thanksgiving
day everything on the menu and then goes home and lies on the couch all afternoon. Do you
like to eat out of your home

Part 3: Mention and define the parts of an Essay.

1._________________________________________________________________________________

2._________________________________________________________________________________

3._________________________________________________________________________________

Part 4: Define THESIS STATEMENT

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