Common Core: 8th Grade English Language Arts Problem Set 21

Read the sentence(s) below for full context. Choose the answer that uses ellipses properly to indicate an omission.

I was warned by Mrs. Jacobs, the 8th-grade Geography teacher, not to be late to class.

Which of the following best summarizes the complete meaning of the sentence above?

Read the excerpt below and determine how the ellipses are being used in the text.

He began to puff at his pipe, no doubt arranging his opinion in his mind. Tiresome old fool! When we knew him first he used to be rather interesting, talking of faints and worms; but I soon grew tired of him and his endless stories about the distillery. “I have my own theory about it,” he said. “I think it was one of those ... peculiar cases...But it’s hard to say....”

How have the ellipses been used in the text excerpt?