English Skills with Readings 7th Edition by John Langan

Exercise 61

Capital Letters and Punctuation
Each of the following sentences contains an error in capitalization or punctuation. Refer to the box below and write, in the space provided, the letter identifying the error. Then correct the error.
a. missing capital letter
b. missing apostrophe
c. missing quotation marks
d. missing comma
1. __________ Maggie's night class has been canceled so she's decided to go to the movies with friends.
2. __________ "One of the striking differences between a cat and a lie, wrote Mark Twain, "is that a cat has only nine lives."
3. __________ My uncles checks are printed to look like Monopoly money.
4. __________ Did you know someone is turning the old school on ninth Street into a restaurant named Home Economics
5. __________ My parents always ask me where Im going and when I'll be home.
6. __________ She doesn't talk about it much, but my aunt has been a member of alcoholics Anonymous for ten years.
7. __________ The sweating straining horses neared the finish line.
8. __________ Whenever he gave us the keys to the car, my father would say, Watch out for the other guy."
9. ________ If you're going to stay up late be sure to turn down the heat before going to bed.
10. ________ I decided to have a glass of apple juice rather than order a pepsi.