Answer Key

Exercise 3

Choose the correct punctuation...
  1. Charles Dickens wrote: A Tale of Two Cities,  [David Copperfield, and Oliver Twist] .
  2. The ice hockey player made a controversial  [move: a cross-check on another player] .
  3.  ["The Avakening: Kate Chopin's Exploration] of Love and Seduction" is an informative article.
  4. My final answer still  [stands: "Yes!"]
  5. Images of Stylish men appear:  [in magazine, on television commercials, and] on billboard advertisements.
  6.  [While working out, she] discovered an amazing  [fact: she] was now able to bench-press ten pounds more than the week before.
  7. The author wrote in a melancholy  [tone: "The rain was pouring, and the sky was dark."]
  8. We are  [planning to] set up the tables and chairs, put up the [dacorations, and bake] the cake.
  9. Although I had written to my friend  [several times, I received] only one reply.
  10. The endangered Species Act contains a potential problem for  [private property owners:] the government refuses to compensate them for the inconveniences imposed.