CHSPE Language - Mechanics and Editing 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
- Please bring: milk, eggs, and bread.
- Please bring milk, eggs, and bread. (Correct answer)
- Please bring milk eggs, and bread.
- Please bring milk, eggs and, bread.
Correct answer: Please bring milk, eggs, and bread.
Commas separate items in a series; no colon is needed after 'bring' when it directly follows the verb.
Question 2: Which sentence contains a spelling error?
- The principal addressed the students.
- She recieved the award at the ceremony. (Correct answer)
- They completed their assignment on time.
- The weather was beautiful today.
Correct answer: She recieved the award at the ceremony.
'Recieved' is misspelled; the correct spelling is 'received' (follow the rule: 'i before e except after c').
Question 3: Choose the correctly capitalized sentence:
- Every Summer, we visit the Grand canyon.
- Every summer, we visit the Grand Canyon. (Correct answer)
- Every summer, We Visit The Grand Canyon.
- every summer, we visit the grand canyon.
Correct answer: Every summer, we visit the Grand Canyon.
'Summer' is a common noun and not capitalized; 'Grand Canyon' is a proper noun and must be capitalized.
Question 4: Which sentence correctly uses a colon?
- She needs: to study more.
- He has three hobbies: reading, hiking, and cooking. (Correct answer)
- The teacher said: to sit down.
- They went to: the store and the park.
Correct answer: He has three hobbies: reading, hiking, and cooking.
A colon correctly introduces a list when it follows a complete independent clause.
Question 5: Identify the run-on sentence:
- He studied hard, and he passed the test.
- He studied hard he passed the test. (Correct answer)
- Although he studied hard, he still worried.
- He studied hard; he passed the test.
Correct answer: He studied hard he passed the test.
'He studied hard he passed the test' fuses two independent clauses without proper punctuation or a conjunction.
Question 6: Which sentence is a fragment?
- Running through the park every morning. (Correct answer)
- She runs through the park every morning.
- Every morning, she runs through the park.
- She runs and walks in the park.
Correct answer: Running through the park every morning.
'Running through the park every morning' lacks a subject and a complete verb, making it a fragment.
CHSPE Language - Mechanics and Editing 1
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?