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Punctuation: Commas, Full Stops, Colons, Semicolons, Apostrophes, Inverted Commas
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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

Identify the sentence that correctly uses commas to separate items in a series.

  1. The bag contained a notebook, two pens, and a ruler.
  2. The bag contained a notebook two pens, and a ruler.
  3. The bag contained a notebook, two pens and, a ruler.
  4. The bag contained, a notebook, two pens and a ruler.
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✓ Answer: AThe bag contained a notebook, two pens, and a ruler.
Commas are placed after each item in a series before the conjunction. Option A correctly separates 'a notebook', 'two pens', and 'a ruler' with commas. The other options either misplace the comma or omit necessary commas.
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 1/3

Which punctuation mark ends a normal statement (declarative sentence)?

  1. Full stop
  2. Comma
  3. Colon
  4. Question mark
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✓ Answer: AFull stop
A full stop (.) marks the end of a complete statement.
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