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Example Questions

Example Question #1 : Understanding And Editing For Mechanics

Select the sentence that correctly uses quotation marks. 

Possible Answers:

Sara asked, "Do we have homework tonight"?

Sara asked "Do we have homework tonight?"

Sara asked, "do we have homework tonight?"

Sara asked, "Do we have homework tonight?"

Correct answer:

Sara asked, "Do we have homework tonight?"

Explanation:

 Sara asked, "Do we have homework tonight?" is the correct answer.

Let's review some rules we need to remember when using quotation marks:

Unless quotation marks start a sentence, there should always be a comma after the last word before the quotation marks. The first word within quotation marks should always be capitalized. Also, if the quotation marks end the sentence, the ending punctuation goes inside of the quotation marks. 

Example Question #1 : Map 4th Grade Language Arts

Select the sentence that correctly uses quotation marks. 

Possible Answers:

"Don't forget to go by the grocery store on your way home from work today," Sean said. 

"Don't forget to go by the grocery store on your way home from work today" Sean said. 

"Don't forget to go by the grocery store on your way home from work today, Sean said."

"Don't forget to go by the grocery store on your way home from work today." Sean said. 

Correct answer:

"Don't forget to go by the grocery store on your way home from work today," Sean said. 

Explanation:

"Don't forget to go by the grocery store on your way home from work today," Sean said.  is the correct answer. 

Let's review some rules we need to remember when using quotation marks:

The first word within quotation marks should always be capitalized. If the quotation marks start a sentence, the quote should end with a comma, before the ending quotation marks. Also, what is being said should be the only part within the quotation marks. Who is saying what, does not go in quotes. 

Example Question #2 : Map 4th Grade Language Arts

Select the sentence that correctly uses quotation marks. 

 

Possible Answers:

Tim said, "I'm going to the basketball game tonight!"

Tim said, "I'm going to the basketball game tonight"!

Tim said "I'm going to the basketball game tonight!"

Tim said "I'm going to the basketball game tonight"!

Correct answer:

Tim said, "I'm going to the basketball game tonight!"

Explanation:

Tim said, "I'm going to the basketball game tonight!" is the correct answer.

Let's review some rules we need to remember when using quotation marks:

Unless quotation marks start a sentence, there should always be a comma after the last word before the quotation marks. The first word within quotation marks should always be capitalized. Also, if the quotation marks end the sentence, the ending punctuation goes inside of the quotation marks. 

Example Question #3 : Map 4th Grade Language Arts

Select the sentence that correctly uses quotation marks.

Possible Answers:

"Remember to study for tomorrow's quiz, the teacher said."

"Remember to study for tomorrow's quiz," the teacher said.

"Remember to study for tomorrow's quiz." the teacher said.

"Remember to study for tomorrow's quiz" the teacher said.

Correct answer:

"Remember to study for tomorrow's quiz," the teacher said.

Explanation:

"Remember to study for tomorrow's quiz," the teacher said.  is the correct answer. 

Let's review some rules we need to remember when using quotation marks:

The first word within quotation marks should always be capitalized. If the quotation marks start a sentence, the quote should end with a comma, before the ending quotation marks. Also, what is being said should be the only part within the quotation marks. Who is saying what, does not go in quotes. 

Example Question #4 : Map 4th Grade Language Arts

Select the sentence that correctly uses quotation marks. 

Possible Answers:

"Hannah," Sam asked "Do you want to go to the pool with me?"

"Hannah" Sam asked, "Do you want to go to the pool with me?"

"Hannah," Sam asked, "Do you want to go to the pool with me?"

"Hannah, Sam asked, do you want to go to the pool with me?"

Correct answer:

"Hannah," Sam asked, "Do you want to go to the pool with me?"

Explanation:

"Hannah," Sam asked, "Do you want to go to the pool with me?"  is the correct answer. 

Let's review some rules we need to remember when using quotation marks:

This quote is split by an interruption that tells you who asked the question. When this happens, a comma has to be placed before the end of the first set of quotations and after the word before the second set of quotations. The first word within quotation marks should always be capitalized. If the quotation marks end the sentence, the ending punctuation goes inside of the quotation marks. Also, what is being said should be the only part within the quotation marks. Who is saying what, does not go in quotes. 

Example Question #5 : Map 4th Grade Language Arts

Select the sentence that correctly uses quotation marks. 

Possible Answers:

"Mom I asked, Will you bring the phone upstairs?" 

"Mom" I asked, "Will you bring the phone upstairs?" 

"Mom, I asked, Will you bring the phone upstairs?" 

"Mom," I asked, "Will you bring the phone upstairs?" 

Correct answer:

"Mom," I asked, "Will you bring the phone upstairs?" 

Explanation:

"Mom," I asked, "Will you bring the phone upstairs?"  is the correct answer. 

Let's review some rules we need to remember when using quotation marks:

This quote is split by an interruption that tells you who asked the question. When this happens, a comma has to be placed before the end of the first set of quotations and after the word before the second set of quotations. The first word within quotation marks should always be capitalized. Also, if the quotation marks end the sentence, the ending punctuation goes inside of the quotation marks. 

Example Question #6 : Map 4th Grade Language Arts

Select the word that correctly completes the sentence provided. 

She has a brother __________ is training for the olympics. 

Possible Answers:

who

that 

which

he

Correct answer:

who

Explanation:

The correct answer is "who". She has a brother who is training for the olympics.  

To answer this question correctly, we need to recall a few grammar rules:

"Who" normally refers to people. "Which" and "that" normally refer to groups of things. "He" is a pronoun that does not fit in this blank because the he would be referring to the brother, who was just mentioned in the word previous.  

Example Question #7 : Map 4th Grade Language Arts

Select the word that correctly completes the sentence provided. 

Jessica is the only student in the class __________  received an A on the quiz. 

Possible Answers:

which

who

she

that

Correct answer:

who

Explanation:

The correct answer is "who". Jessica is the only student in the class who  received an A on the quiz.  

To answer this question correctly, we need to recall a few grammar rules:

"Who" normally refers to people. "Which" and "that" normally refer to groups of things.  "She" is a pronoun that does not fit in this blank because a pronoun should not be used in this place of the sentence. 

Example Question #8 : Map 4th Grade Language Arts

Select the word that correctly completes the sentence provided. 

Megan does not like to ride in cars __________ are very fast. 

Possible Answers:

that

who

she

which

Correct answer:

that

Explanation:

The correct answer is "that". Megan does not like to ride in cars that are very fast. 

To answer this question correctly, we need to recall a few grammar rules:

"Who" normally refers to people. "Which" and "that" normally refer to groups of things."Which" is used before a sentence clause that is extra information, or not essential to the point of the sentence. "That" is used before a sentence clause that is needed to understand the point of the sentence. "She" is a pronoun that does not fit in this blank because a pronoun should not be used in this place of the sentence. 

For this sentence, the clause that follows the "that" is important to understand the complete thought of the sentence. Knowing that it's cars that go very fast that Megan doesn't like to ride in is important information to understand the complete point of the sentence. Without the clause that comes after the "that" we would assume that Megan doesn't like to ride in any cars, and that is not correct. 

Example Question #9 : Map 4th Grade Language Arts

Select the word that correctly completes the sentence provided. 

Howard doesn't like any food ___________ has nuts. 

Possible Answers:

that

which

he

who

Correct answer:

that

Explanation:

The correct answer is "that". Howard doesn't like any food that has nuts. 

To answer this question correctly, we need to recall a few grammar rules:

"Who" normally refers to people. "Which" and "that" normally refer to groups of things."Which" is used before a sentence clause that is extra information, or not essential to the point of the sentence. "That" is used before a sentence clause that is needed to understand the point of the sentence. "He" is a pronoun that does not fit in this blank because a pronoun should not be used in this place of the sentence. 

For this sentence, the clause that follows the "that" is important to understand the complete thought of the sentence. Without the information that comes after the "that" we would assume that Howard doesn't like any type of food, which is not the correct message that the sentence is relaying. 

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