Question 6 of 1848

Identify which one of the following sentences contains a capitalization error. Select No Errors if none of the sentences contains a capitalization error.

Answer

Suggested Answer

The suggested answer is C.

The sentence that contains the capitalization error is shown below.
I started my paper with the sentence, "flightless birds are fascinating."
The quoted sentence should begin with a capital letter. The corrected sentence would read, I started my paper with the sentence, "Flightless birds are fascinating."
Question 7 of 1848

Identify which one of the following sentences contains a capitalization error. Select `No Errors` if none of the sentences contains a capitalization error.

Answer

Suggested Answer

The suggested answer is A.

Each of these sentences uses correct capitalization. In "Big Ben and the London Bridge are two major landmarks in London, England," "Big Ben" is a proper noun because it is the name of a landmark, and "London" and "England" are capitalized because they are the name of a city and a country, respectively. In "The Great
Wall of China stretches for thousands of miles across China," "The Great Wall of China" is capitalized because it is a landmark and "China" is capitalized because it is the name of a country. In "The Eiffel Tower forms one of the most famous silhouettes on the Parisian skyline," "Eiffel Tower" is capitalized because it is a landmark and "Parisian" is capitalized because it is an adjective formed from the name of a city, Paris.
Question 8 of 1848

Identify which one of the following sentences contains a capitalization error. Select No Errors if none of the sentences contains a capitalization error.

Answer

Suggested Answer

The suggested answer is A.

Each of these sentences uses correct capitalization. In "Big Ben and the London Bridge are two major landmarks in London, England," "Big Ben" is a proper noun because it is the name of a landmark, and "London" and "England" are capitalized because they are the name of a city and a country, respectively. In "The Great
Wall of China stretches for thousands of miles across China," "The Great Wall of China" is capitalized because it is a landmark and "China" is capitalized because it is the name of a country. In "The Eiffel Tower forms one of the most famous silhouettes on the Parisian skyline," "Eiffel Tower" is capitalized because it is a landmark and "Parisian" is capitalized because it is an adjective formed from the name of a city, Paris.
Question 9 of 1848

Identify which one of the following sentences contains a punctuation error. Select `No Errors` if none of the sentences contains a punctuation error.

Answer

Suggested Answer

The suggested answer is B.

The sentence that contains the incorrect punctuation is shown below.
The teacher told me ג€to go work on my homeworkג€ until recess.
In this sentence, double quotation marks are incorrectly used to convey indirect speech. Indirect speech is any instance where what someone said is conveyed without being directly quoted. Consider the following correctly-punctuated sentence: Samantha told me that she would be getting a kitten this weekend. We do not need to use any quotation marks because we are not being told exactly what Samantha said to the speaker. She could have said "I'm getting a kitten this weekend!" or "I'm so excited that this weekend I'm going to be getting a kitten!", etc. The exact words that someone told someone else are conveyed using direct quotation, which requires double quotation marks, as demonstrated in the following sentence: Samantha told me, "I can't concentrate today because I'm so
ג€"
excited
my family is adopting a kitten this weekend!" In this sentence, the speaker is conveying Samantha's exact words, so we need to surround them with double quotation marks to set them apart from the rest of the sentence. The correctly punctuated version of the correct answer choice sentence is as follows: The teacher told me to go work on my homework until recess.
Question 10 of 1848

Identify which one of the following sentences contains a punctuation error. Select `No Errors` if none of the sentences contains a punctuation error.

Answer

Suggested Answer

The suggested answer is B.

The sentence that contains the incorrect punctuation is shown below.
The teacher told me ג€to go work on my homeworkג€ until recess.
In this sentence, double quotation marks are incorrectly used to convey indirect speech. Indirect speech is any instance where what someone said is conveyed without being directly quoted. Consider the following correctly-punctuated sentence: Samantha told me that she would be getting a kitten this weekend. We do not need to use any quotation marks because we are not being told exactly what Samantha said to the speaker. She could have said "I'm getting a kitten this weekend!" or "I'm so excited that this weekend I'm going to be getting a kitten!", etc. The exact words that someone told someone else are conveyed using direct quotation, which requires double quotation marks, as demonstrated in the following sentence: Samantha told me, "I can't concentrate today because I'm so
ג€"
excited
my family is adopting a kitten this weekend!" In this sentence, the speaker is conveying Samantha's exact words, so we need to surround them with double quotation marks to set them apart from the rest of the sentence. The correctly punctuated version of the correct answer choice sentence is as follows: The teacher told me to go work on my homework until recess.