APOSTROPHES AND DASHES PRACTICE

APOSTROPHES AND DASHES PRACTICEName:Practice what you have learned about apostrophes and other punctuation marks to correct the following sentences.1. Mr. Jones grocery has better produce than Mrs. Smiths.2. Comp USAs top-selling product is Microns latest MMX computer.3. Janices and Jays horse was named the Grand Champion Stud.4. After six weeks steady work we earn a permanent position and a days paid vacation.5. The picnic basket is their’s.6. Our firms territory has doubled in the last six months and the responsibility is your’s.7. Every Saturday noon the Womens Issues Group meets for lunch.8. Bonnie works as a dentists assistant.9. Employees motivations differ from an owners.10. A managers reward is different from an employees./Practice what you have learned about dashes to correct the following sentences.11. To run or to hide those were her only choices.12. Our idea just in case you’re interested is to remove the plastic coating.13. Mr. O’Dea is the most unreasonable I should keep my opinions to myself.14. Ted can never find his d pocket organizer when he Oh, now he’s got it.15. Intelligence, perseverance, and luck that’s what you’ll need for this job./

Practice what you know about punctuation so far by adding capitalization, end marks, commas, semicolons, colons,apostrophes, and dashes to the following sentences. Each statement is intended to be only one sentence.16. though it is hard to understand my partners purpose in interviewing dr e s sanders was to eliminate him as a suspectin the crime________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________17. before hitting the ambulance at the corner of woodland and vine ms anderson saw a dark hooded figure crawlthrough the wind reach back grab a small parcel and run north on vine________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________18. As the detective interrogated each of the boys and their fathers they determined that the mens stories did not matchup with the boys versions________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________19. please bring these items when you drive up here tomorrow barbaras sleeping bag another can of avon insectrepellent the girls queen-sized air mattress they want to use it to sunbathe on the water and my swimming trunks________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________20. karl malone and john stockton these two make an exciting combination a mixture of malones aggressiveness andstocktons finesse________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________