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Re-write the sentence using an ellipses:
Vikas Khanna, an award winning Michelin starred Indian chef, is one of the judges on Masterchef India.

ellipses punctuation english

  1. NO CHANGE

  2. Vikas Khanna ... is one of the judges on Masterchef India.

  3. Vikas Khanna (an award winning Michelin starred Indian chef) is one of the judges on Masterchef India.

  4. Vikas Khanna - an award winning Michelin starred Indian chef - is one of the judges on Masterchef India.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
An ellipsis is used to indicate omission or trailing off thought. This function of the punctuation ellipsis is well described in Option B. The remaining options do not describe trailing off of thought.

Re-write the given lines by using the ellipses at the end of the sentence:
"In his last years Muggs used to spend practically all of his time outdoors. He didn't like to stay in the house for some reason or other- perhaps it held too many unpleasant memories for him."- The Dog That Bit People

ellipses punctuation english

  1. NO CHANGE

  2. "In his last years Muggs used to spend practically all of his time outdoors. He didn't like to stay in the house for some reason or other- perhaps it held too many unpleasant memories for him... ."

  3. "In his last years Muggs used to spend practically all of his time outdoors ... unpleasant memories for him."

  4. "In his last years Muggs used to spend practically all of his time outdoors. He didn't like to stay in the house for some reason or other... ."

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
An ellipsis is used to indicate omission or trailing off thought. This function of the punctuation ellipsis is well described in Option C. The remaining options do not describe trailing off of thought.

Make the use of ellipses to shorten the lines:
"She thought of Mycah again and her eyes filled with tears. Her fault, her fault, her fault. If she had never asked him to play at swords with her ... ."- A Song of Ice and Fire

ellipses punctuation english

  1. NO CHANGE

  2. "She thought of Mycah again and her eyes filled with tears ... If she had never asked him to play at swords with her ... ."

  3. "She thought of Mycah again and her eyes filled with tears. Her ... If she had never asked him to play at swords with her ... ."

  4. "She ... ."

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
An ellipsis is used to indicate omission or trailing off thought. This function of the punctuation ellipsis is well described in Option B. The remaining options do not describe trailing off of thought.

Choose the option that expresses a change of mood or trailing off of thought:

ellipses punctuation english

  1. I ate too much food, so I couldn't sleep too well.

  2. I ate some chicken, soup ... . I'm too sleepy.

  3. Today has been a relaxed day for Elena; she didn't work as much as she'd like to.

  4. No option

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
An ellipsis is used to indicate omission or trailing off thought. This function of the punctuation ellipsis is well described in Option B. The remaining options do not describe trailing off of thought.

Choose the option that indicates a change in mood or trailing off of thought:

ellipses punctuation english

  1. I was going to call you back, but... .

  2. Could you repeat what you just said?

  3. We went for a movie ... then we came back home early.

  4. I've worked so hard on this presentation : let's hope it goes well.

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
An ellipsis is used to indicate omission or trailing off thought. This function of the punctuation ellipsis is well described in Option A. The remaining options do not describe trailing off of thought.
Say whether the statement is True or False:

He thought to himself... but couldn't say a word.
 The position of the ellipsis is correct.
ellipses punctuation english

  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Option A is correct. The ellipsis here signifies the suppressed thought.

Put ellipsis (...) in the correct place in the following sentence:-

Mother : Why are you ?

Son (interrupting) : Bye.

ellipses punctuation english

  1. after 'why'

  2. NO change

  3. after 'Bye'

  4. after 'you'

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

An ellipsis is a series of dots, typically three, that usually indicates an intentional omission of a word, sentence, or whole section from a text without altering its original meaning.
In this case, the son interrupts his mother and doesn't let her complete her words which obviously get lost in thin air. So, the ellipsis has to be put after 'you' to signify the unsaid words of the mother. Hence, Option D is correct.

What does an ellipsis indicate?

ellipses punctuation english

  1. repetition

  2. omission

  3. phrase 

  4. clause

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

An ellipsis is a series of dots that usually indicates an intentional omission of a word, sentence, or whole section from a text without altering its original meaning. Thus, Option B is correct and the others are not.

Put ellipsis (...) in the correct place in the following sentence:-

You can defend the fort but you cannot . I'll take it away from you.

ellipses punctuation english

  1. NO change

  2. after "cannot"

  3. after "you can"

  4. before "cannot"

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

An ellipsis is a series of dots that usually indicates an intentional omission of a word, sentence, or whole section from a text without altering its original meaning.

In this case, it's clearly visible that after 'cannot' there will be an ellipsis as it's pretty clear that the speaker has something in his mind which he doesn't wish to say because he knows that the one who is listening to him has already understood what he actually wants to say. The speaker wants to say 'You can defend the fort but you cannot (win). I'll take it away from you.' So, Option B is correct and the other options cancel out.

Identify the underlined punctuation:


Ram said to his mother, "I have failed in the exam."
Mother said, "I... I am out of words. I... don't know what to say."

ellipses punctuation english

  1. ellipsis

  2. semi colon

  3. hyphen

  4. colon

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Option A is correct as ellipsis is three dots like (...)
Option B is incorrect as semi colon is a dot with a comma below it like ( ; )
Option C is incorrect because hyphen is a small dash like ( - )
Option D is incorrect because it looks like one dot on the top of another ( : )