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ANSWER KEYS MECHANICS

PUNCTUATION 1

Periods  /  Commas  /  Question Marks  /  Exclamation Points

Activity 1 :

1. Listen! Celine Dion is singing.

2. A pencil case should include: pens, pencils, a ruler and a rubber.

3. Children enjoy playing football, basketball, handball and volleyball.

4. Do you speak English?

5. Stand up!

6. Can you explain?

7. Yes, I can be ready in five minutes.

8. Rima, the girl who lives next door, has become a great star.

9. What a nice surprise!

10. They have finished their work, haven’t they?

Activity 2 :

1. Mr Murphy, from Montreal, Canada, knows that honesty pays.

2. How many students are there in this classroom?

3. My heritage is to be split among my husband, daughter, son and nephew.

4. What do you mean?

5. N. Morcelli isn’t Moroccan,  is he?

6. Look! it is snowing.

7. Who is that?

8. How often do you smoke?

9. She loves you, doesn’t she?

10. Sit down!

Activity 3 :

1. I have just heard about the Mami concert.

2. Red, green and white are the colors of the Algerian flag.

3. You are, I am sure, telling the truth.

4. In the fridge, there are only two eggs, some cheese, some milk  and some butter.

5. The man, in blue jeans, is my brother Hichem.

6. What a great  writer Kateb Yacine is!

7. On Fridays, Algerians do not work.

8. What does “surf” mean?

9. Kateb Yacine, Algerian novelist and playwright,  was born  on August 6th, 1929.

10. The Algerian revolution started on November 1^st, 1954.