Exercise I: Punctuate the given paragraph correctly and rewrite it.in a little house in spain lives a girl called amanda. she has two sisters, lisa and sally,and one brother called fred. amanda lives in barcelona in spain, which is in europe. shehas a pen pal called brian who lives in england. she likes to write to brian so she canpractice her english. brian does not know very much spanish, but he is learning a fewwords. amanda would like to go visit brian in london when she is older. most of all shewould like to visit new york. amanda has a small dog called pete. he is a dachshund.when she takes pete to the park she likes to throw him a ball. there is a famous park inbarcelona called park guell. the park has houses that look like they come from thehansel and gretel story. amanda and pete like it very much. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Exercise II: Punctuate the following sentences meaningfully.1. mrs suzanne who was sitting behind the desk gave me a big smile___________________________________________________________________________ 2. i don’t like this salad i want a sandwich said Julia_________________________________________________________________________________ 3. sorry to disturb you could I speak to you for a moment _________________________________________________________________________________ 4. the air was crisp and clear it was a lovely day_________________________________________________________________________________ 5. skateboarding which my brother is crazy about is a different experience fordifferent people. _________________________________________________________________________________ 6. ive travelled as far away as paris, france; rome, italy; and athens, Greece_________________________________________________________________________________ 7. three objects lay on the desk a large book a spiral bound notepad and a vasecontaining flowers_________________________________________________________________________________ 8. they filmed cleopatra in egypt _________________________________________________________________________________ 9. jasmin chloe and harvinder are missing_________________________________________________________________________________ 10. have you been to the dentist recently_________________________________________________________________________________
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Exercise I: Punctuate the given paragraph correctly and rewrite it.in a little house in spain lives a girl called amanda. she has two sisters, lisa and sally,and one brother called fred. amanda lives in barcelona in spain, which is in europe. shehas a pen pal called brian who lives in england. she likes to write to brian so she canpractice her english. brian does not know very much spanish, but he is learning a fewwords. amanda would like to go visit brian in london when she is older. most of all shewould like to visit new york. amanda has a small dog called pete. he is a dachshund.when she takes pete to the park she likes to throw him a ball. there is a famous park inbarcelona called park guell. the park has houses that look like they come from thehansel and gretel story. amanda and pete like it very much. ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Exercise II: Punctuate the following sentences meaningfully.1. mrs suzanne who was sitting behind the desk gave me a big smile___________________________________________________________________________ 2. i don’t like this salad i want a sandwich said Julia_________________________________________________________________________________ 3. sorry to disturb you could I speak to you for a moment _________________________________________________________________________________ 4. the air was crisp and clear it was a lovely day_________________________________________________________________________________ 5. skateboarding which my brother is crazy about is a different experience fordifferent people. _________________________________________________________________________________ 6. ive travelled as far away as paris, france; rome, italy; and athens, Greece_________________________________________________________________________________ 7. three objects lay on the desk a large book a spiral bound notepad and a vasecontaining flowers_________________________________________________________________________________ 8. they filmed cleopatra in egypt _________________________________________________________________________________ 9. jasmin chloe and harvinder are missing_________________________________________________________________________________ 10. have you been to the dentist recently_________________________________________________________________________________
Solution
Sure, here are the corrected versions of the paragraph and sentences:
Exercise I:
"In a little house in Spain, lives a girl called Amanda. She has two sisters, Lisa and Sally, and one brother called Fred. Amanda lives in Barcelona, Spain, which is in Europe. She has a pen pal called Brian who lives in England. She likes to write to Brian so she can practice her English. Brian does not know very much Spanish, but he is learning a few words. Amanda would like to go visit Brian in London when she is older. Most of all, she would like to visit New York. Amanda has a small dog called Pete. He is a Dachshund. When she takes Pete to the park, she likes to throw him a ball. There is a famous park in Barcelona called Park Guell. The park has houses that look like they come from the Hansel and Gretel story. Amanda and Pete like it very much."
Exercise II:
- "Mrs. Suzanne, who was sitting behind the desk, gave me a big smile."
- "'I don’t like this salad, I want a sandwich,' said Julia."
- "Sorry to disturb you, could I speak to you for a moment?"
- "The air was crisp and clear, it was a lovely day."
- "Skateboarding, which my brother is crazy about, is a different experience for different people."
- "I've travelled as far away as Paris, France; Rome, Italy; and Athens, Greece."
- "Three objects lay on the desk: a large book, a spiral-bound notepad, and a vase containing flowers."
- "They filmed Cleopatra in Egypt."
- "Jasmin, Chloe, and Harvinder are missing."
- "Have you been to the dentist recently?"
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