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MECHANICS

 PUNCTUATION  Part 1

Periods  / Commas  / Question Marks  / Exclamation Points

Activity 1 :

Supply punctuation where necessary.

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 :

Supply punctuation where necessary.

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 :

Supply punctuation where necessary.

1. I have just heard about the Mami concert

2. Red green and white are the colours 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 6^th 1929

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