Punctuation | MCQs

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Explanation

The word "alas" is usually followed by a comma or an exclamation mark. 

Comma 

"Alas, all of our efforts were in vain".

Exclamation mark

"Alas! I will never be able to save enough money to go to college because it's so expensive!". 

Explanation

The inverted commas part shows "perfect infinitive tense."

It is used to express an action that was completed before another action, in this case, "to have acted properly."

Explanation

Exclamation Mark is used at the end of a sentence or a short phrase which expresses very strong feeling.

Explanation

• “Who is Rabia in the class”
• Punctuate and capitalize the sentence
•  Who is Rabiain in the class?
• کالس میں رابعہ کون ہے؟ 
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Punctuate and capitalize the sentence

• A capital letter is used at the beginning of a sentence.
• A statement and an imperative sentence end with a full stop,
• whereas an interrogative sentence ends with a question mark and an exclamatory sentence ends with an exclamation mark.
  
  

Explanation

The meeting is scheduled for 3:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 5th.

The correct time format uses a colon: 3:00 p.m., not a period.

A comma is placed after the day of the week (Tuesday) when followed by the full date (October 5th).

Explanation

 Parentheses resemble two curved vertical lines: ( ).

A single one of these punctuation marks is called a parenthesis.

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Explanation

The weather this winter has been windy, wet, and unpredictable is the correctly punctuated sentence.

It correctly uses commas to separate the items in the list.

Explanation

Abdul is a good driver; moreover, he is a very friendly one. is correctly punctuated.

The semicolon separates two independent clauses, and "moreover" is correctly used to add information.