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." |
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| d. "Darlene and
Jonathan, you're with me," he ordered crisply. "It's time
to get organized."
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| ______ | 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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.
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| ______ | 3. a. His food combined many different cuisines, really:
traditional, Provencal, Alsatian, Spanish. |
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b. His food combined many different cuisines, really: traditional,
Provencal, Alsatian, spanish. |
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c. His food combined many
different cuisines really: traditional, Provencal, Alsatian, spanish.
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d. His food combined many different cuisines, really,
traditional, Provencal, Alsatian, Spanish.
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| ______ | 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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.
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| ______ | 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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."
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| ______ | 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.
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| ______ | 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. |
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| 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? |
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| 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?
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| ______ | 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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.
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| ______ | 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| ______ | 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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.
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| ______ | 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.
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| ______ | 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.
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| ______ | 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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.
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| ______ | 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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.
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| ______ | 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." |
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| 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." |
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| 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." |