Punctuation Conventions - ACT English

Add commas where needed: "My sister who lives in Boston is visiting next week."

Add the necessary punctuation. "After the game ended we went home."

Choose correct word: "The cat licked (its/it's) paw."

Fix the punctuation: "The ingredients include: flour, sugar, and eggs."

How would you add dashes to this sentence for emphasis? "The experiment the most surprising of the year failed."

Add the necessary punctuation: "Dr. Lee who teaches biology is retiring."

What is the difference between "its" and "it's"?

Add the necessary punctuation: "We need three items pencils paper and erasers."

When do you use a comma after an introductory phrase?

Add the necessary punctuation: "I bought apples oranges and bananas."

Add the necessary punctuation: "Yes I will attend the meeting."

Add the necessary punctuation: "We visited Portland Maine Austin Texas and Boise Idaho."

When do you use an apostrophe in a word?

What punctuation joins two independent clauses without a conjunction?

Add the necessary punctuation: "The test was hard I studied well."

Add the necessary punctuation: "The dogs bowl" (multiple dogs, one bowl)

When do you use a colon?

Identify the punctuation error: "My goal is: to improve my grades."

Identify and correct the error: "We left early, the roads were closing."

Add dashes for emphasis: "The final score it was unbelievable was 95-94."