Functional English WORK SHEET 5.2

Functional English WORK SHEET 5.2

(A)  Punctuate the following sentences:

a. God made women beautiful so that men may love them and men foolish so that they may return the favour

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

c. His attitude to say the least was really horrible

d. Some people work best in the mornings others do better in the evenings

e. America england and france got together and went after germany

f. What are you doing next weekend

g. Milton the great Puritan poet went blind at the age of forty four.

h. Mother had to go into hospital she had heart problems

i. He told his wife Learn to live with my silence.

j. Did you understand why I was upset

k. It is a fine idea let us hope that it is going to work

l. We will be arriving on Monday morning  at least I think so

m. A textbook can be a wall between teacher and class

n. The girls father sat in a corner

o. In the words of Murphys Law Anything that can go wrong will go wrong

(B)   Find out basic punctuation errors:

a. The dots…. may also be called leaders.

b. Mind your ps and qs

c. There are no if’s and but’s in the face of enemy fire.

d. There are no buts in the sentence.

e. He married Sania, Anuj, Ahana.

f. To the weak by nature, all things are bad.

g. I met a beautiful, European woman.

h. Once I realized that I could no longer rely on him.

i. The accused said the judge is to be hanged.

j. My aunt who lives in Mumbai is a doctor.

(C)   Select the correctly punctuated sentence:

1.  
a) Spain is a beautiful country; the beache's are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.

b) Spain is a beautiful country: the beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.

c) Spain is a beautiful country, the beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.

d) Spain is a beautiful country; the beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.

2.
a) The children's books were all left in the following places: Mrs Smith's room, Mr Powell's office and the caretaker's cupboard.

b) The children's books were all left in the following places; Mrs Smith's room, Mr Powell's office and the caretaker's cupboard.

c) The childrens books were all left in the following places: Mrs Smiths room, Mr Powells office and the caretakers cupboard.

d) The children's books were all left in the following places, Mrs Smith's room, Mr Powell's office and the caretaker's cupboard.

3.
a) She always enjoyed sweets, chocolate, marshmallows and toffee apples.

b) She always enjoyed: sweets, chocolate, marshmallows and toffee apples.

c) She always enjoyed sweets chocolate marshmallows and toffee apples.

d) She always enjoyed sweet's, chocolate, marshmallow's and toffee apple's.

4.
a) Sarah's uncle's car was found without its wheels in that old derelict warehouse.

b) Sarah's uncle's car was found without its wheels in that old, derelict warehouse.

c) Sarahs uncles car was found without its wheels in that old, derelict warehouse.

d) Sarah's uncle's car was found without it's wheels in that old, derelict warehouse.

5.
a) I can't see Tim's car, there must have been an accident.

b) I cant see Tim's car; there must have been an accident.

c) I can't see Tim's car there must have been an accident.

d) I can't see Tim's car; there must have been an accident.

  

(D)  Punctuate the following passage using appropriate punctuation marks whenever required:

winston is one of the most laid-back people i know he is tall and slim with black hair and he always wears a t-shirt and black jeans his jeans have holes in them and his baseball boots are scruffy too he usually sits at the back of the class and he often seems to be asleep however when the exam results are given out he always gets an "A" i don't think hes as lazy as he appears to be

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