Punctuation Exercise Sheet 3

 

In the space on the left, enter the letter of the correct sentence.
 
______ 1.  a.  Darlene and Jonathan, you're with me, he ordered crisply.  It's time to get organized. 
 
b.  "Darlene and Jonathan, you're with me," he ordered crisply, "it's time to get organized." 
c.  "Darlene and Jonathan, you're with me," he ordered crisply: "it's time to get organized."
 
d.  "Darlene and Jonathan, you're with me," he ordered crisply.  "It's time to get organized."
 
______ 2.  a.  He was helped of course in his cooking career by the fact that he had grown up in the Alsace region, where German food met French technique. 
 
b.  He was helped of course in his cooking career by the fact that he had grown up in the Alsace region where German food met French technique. 
 
c.  He was helped, of course, in his cooking career by the fact that he had grown up in the Alsace region, where German food met French technique. 
 
d.  He was helped, of course, in his cooking career by the fact that he had grown up in the Alsace region where German food met French technique. 
 
______ 3.  a.  His food combined many different cuisines, really: traditional, Provencal, Alsatian, Spanish.  
 
b.  His food combined many different cuisines, really: traditional, Provencal, Alsatian, spanish.  
 
c.  His food combined many different cuisines really: traditional, Provencal, Alsatian, spanish. 
 
d.  His food combined many different cuisines, really, traditional, Provencal, Alsatian, Spanish.  
 
______ 4.  a.  When he met the boys with the big herd of sheep--how they came to his kitchen is completely unclear--he found himself cooking more mutton, particularly gigot, French-style leg of lamb.  
 
b.  When he met the boys with the big herd of sheep, how they came to his kitchen is completely unclear, he found himself cooking more mutton, particularly gigot, French-style leg of lamb.  
 
c.  When he met the boys with the big herd of sheep--how they came to his kitchen is completely unclear--he found himself cooking more mutton, particularly gigot French-style leg of lamb.  
 
d.  When he met the boys with the big herd of sheep--how they came to his kitchen is completely unclear--he found himself cooking more mutton, particularly gigot, French-style leg of lamb.  
  
______ 5.  a.  He found that the words to "Little Bo Peep" were more meaningful than he ever thought, comparable at least to what he read in his local newspaper, "The Alsatian Times".  
 
b.  He found that the words to "Little Bo Peep" were more meaningful than he ever thought, comparable at least to what he read in his local newspaper, The Alsatian Times.
   
c.  He found that the words to "Little Bo Peep" were more meaningful than he ever thought, comparable at least to what he read in his local newspaper The Alsatian Times
  
d.  He found that the words to "Little Bo Peep" were more meaningful than he ever thought, comparable at least to what he read in his local newspaper "The Alsatian Times."  
  
______ 6.  a.  When he had to travel south and east to Florida, he met friends who talked about the cuisine of "the south," meaning the southeastern United States.  
  b.  When he had to travel South and East to Florida, he met friends who talked about the cuisine of "the South," meaning the southeastern United States.  
c.  When he had to travel south and east to Florida he met friends who talked about the cuisine of "the south," meaning the southeastern United States.  
d.  When he had to travel south and east to Florida, he met friends who talked about the cuisine of "the South," meaning the southeastern United States.  
  
______ 7.  a.  Did you ever find his autobiography Jesse, when you were looking for his famous folk song Alsatian Dreams of Sheep, written not long after he returned to Alsace and reunited with the shepherds?
 
  b.  Did you ever find his autobiography, Jesse, when you were looking for his famous folk song "Alsatian Dreams of Sheep," written not long after he returned to Alsace and reunited with the shepherds.
 
c.  Did you ever find his autobiography, Jesse, when you were looking for his famous folk song "Alsatian Dreams of Sheep," written not long after he returned to Alsace and reunited with the shepherds?
 
d.  Did you ever find his autobiography Jesse, when you were looking for his famous folk song Alsatian Dreams of Sheep, written not long after he returned to Alsace and reunited with the shepherds?
  
______ 8.  a.  In the heat of central Florida, the cooks were taken to Disney World, where they visited Epcot Center, pretended to be on their own cooking show, complete with utensils, aprons, and pans, and met Emeril by accident. 
 
  b.  In the heat of central Florida, the cooks were taken to Disney World, where they visited Epcot Center; pretended to be on their own cooking show, complete with utensils, aprons, and pans; and met Emeril by accident. 
 
c.  In the heat of central Florida the cooks were taken to Disney World, where they visited Epcot Center, pretended to be on their own cooking show, complete with utensils, aprons, and pans, and met Emeril by accident. 
 
d.  In the heat of central Florida, the cooks were taken to Disney World, where they visited Epcot Center; pretended to be on their own cooking show, complete with: utensils, aprons, and pans; and met Emeril by accident. 
  
______ 9.  a.  He returned to Alsace on Thursday, August 28 after several weeks in the United States, and it's a wonder he was still on his feet. 
 
  b.  He returned to Alsace on Thursday, August 28, after several weeks in the United States, and its a wonder he was still on his feet.
 
c.  He returned to Alsace on Thursday August 28 after several weeks in the United States and it's a wonder he was still on his feet. 
 
d.  He returned to Alsace on Thursday, August 28, after several weeks in the United States, and it's a wonder he was still on his feet. 
  
______ 10.  a.  The boys with the big herd of sheep, who were completely devoted to him, met him at the border in their usual cloud of wool fibers, singing an old family song of theirs that became the basis of his famous folk song.  
 
b.  The boys with the big herd of sheep who were completely devoted to him met him at the border in their usual cloud of wool fibers, singing an old family song of theirs that became the basis of his famous folk song.  
 
c.  The boys with the big herd of sheep, who were completely devoted to him, met him at the border in their usual cloud of wool fibers singing an old family song of theirs that became the basis of his famous folk song.  
 
d.  The boys with the big herd of sheep who were completely devoted to him met him at the border in their usual cloud of wool fibers singing an old family song of theirs that became the basis of his famous folk song.  
  
______ 11.  a.  As new year's day approached, he began to learn about Middle Eastern and African cooking, including the fiery aljouke vegetable dishes favored by Tunisians.  
b.  As new year's day approached, he began to learn about Middle Eastern and African cooking, including the fiery aljouke vegetable dishes favored by Tunisians.  
c.  As New Year's Day approached, he began to learn about Middle Eastern and African cooking, including the fiery aljouke vegetable dishes favored by Tunisians.  
d.  As New Year's Day approached, he began to learn about Middle Eastern and African cooking--including the fiery aljouke vegetable dishes favored by Tunisians.  
  
______ 12.  a.  Squash, pumpkin, eggplant, all these were used with the incendiary harissa sauce in Mediterranean and North African cuisines.  
  b.  Squash, pumpkin, eggplant; all these were used with the incendiary harissa sauce in Mediterranean and North African cuisines.  
c.  Squash, pumpkin, eggplant: all these were used with the incendiary harissa sauce in Mediterranean and North African cuisines.  
d.  Squash, pumpkin, eggplant--all these were used with the incendiary harissa sauce in Mediterranean and North African cuisines.  
  
______ 13.  a.  After putting several Mediterranean dishes on the menu at his main restaurant, The Alsatian Epicure, he decided to return to the United States, start a restaurant franchise, and become a chef to the stars in California. 
  
  b.  After putting several Mediterranean dishes on the menu at his main restaurant, "The Alsatian Epicure," he decided to return to the United States, start a restaurant franchise and become a chef to the stars in California.  
 
c.  After putting several Mediterranean dishes on the menu at his main restaurant, The Alsatian Epicure, he decided to return to the United States, start a restaurant franchise, and become a chef to the stars in California.  
 
d.  After putting several Mediterranean dishes on the menu at his main restaurant, The Alsatian Epicure, he decided to return to the United States, start a restaurant franchise and become a chef to the stars in California.  
  
______ 14.  a.  Many of the people he met in the U.S. had heard of his folk song "Alsatian Dreams of Sheep"; the problem was that they did not think of him as a cook but as a singer and a strange one at that. 
 
b.  Many of the people he met in the U.S. had heard of his folk song "Alsatian Dreams of Sheep;" the problem was that they did not think of him as a cook but as a singer--and a strange one at that. 
 
c.  Many of the people he met in the U.S. had heard of his folk song "Alsatian Dreams of Sheep;" the problem was that they did not think of him as a cook but as a singer, and a strange one at that. 
 
d.  Many of the people he met in the U.S. had heard of his folk song "Alsatian Dreams of Sheep"; the problem was that they did not think of him as a cook but as a singer--and a strange one at that.  
  
______ 15.  a.  "I guess I'm not too big a threat to Wolfgang Puck," he admitted sadly when interviewed by reporters from The Food Channel, "he was smart enough never to record a folk song." 
 
  b. "I guess I'm not too big a threat to Wolfgang Puck," he admitted sadly when interviewed by reporters from The Food Channel. "He was smart enough never to record a folk song." 
 
c.  "I guess I'm not too big a threat to Wolfgang Puck," he admitted sadly when interviewed by reporters from "The Food Channel." "He was smart enough never to record a folk song." 
 
d.  "I guess I'm not too big a threat to Wolfgang Puck," he admitted sadly when interviewed by reporters from the food channel, "he was smart enough never to record a folk song." 
 
  

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