Solutions: Punctuation Marks

Suggested Solutions

1.1       hyphens (para. 1): to create a compound adjective

1.2       commas (para. 2): to enclose extra information/a noun phrase in apposition

1.3       capital B (para. 2): proper noun, name of the city

1.4       apostrophe (para. 2): singular possession

1.5       comma (para. 3): separating an adverbial phrase from the rest of the sentence at the beginning of the sentence

1.6       full stop (para. 3): end of a statement

1.7       comma after mark (para. 4): separating an adverbial phrase from the rest of the sentence at the beginning of the sentence

1.8       the rest of the commas (para. 4): separating items in a list

1.9       capital letters in Guinness World Record (para. 5): proper nouns, name of the company or competition

1.10     first comma (para. 6): separating an adverb from the rest of the sentence at the beginning of the sentence

1.11 second comma (para. 6): separating an adverbial phrase from the rest of the sentence

1.12     apostrophe (para 8): singular possession

1.13     capital in Russian (para. 8): proper noun used in its adjectival form

1.14     capital in Scotland (para. 8): proper noun, name of country

1.15     comma after Scotland (para. 8): separating an adverbial phrase from the rest of the sentence at the end of the sentence                                                                           (15)

2.         Everything that he had been on had been a fascinating experience, he told the Western Daily Press newspaper in southwest England. He said that he had been surprised by the wide variety of transport he had found when he had started to look into it.

            NO marks if the inverted commas are left in.

            -½ for every error until you get to 0.                                                                           (5)