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In my neighbor's backyard, the dog growled, "Woof!"

Choose the option that best corrects the underlined part.

exclamation mark punctuation english

  1. "Woof?"

  2. "Woof."

  3. "Woof ..."

  4. NO CHANGE

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
Exclamation marks are used after interjections, or after sentences that express a strong emotion such as surprise, astonishment, etc. It may be used to end any exclamatory sentence to show emphasis. Additionally, it is used at the end of sounds that are produced mimetically, such as 'Grr', etc. In the sentence given, 'Woof' is a mimetically produced sound. Hence, the correct option is D) No Change.

Ouch, that pin pricked me.

Choose the option that best corrects the underlined words.

exclamation mark punctuation english

  1. Ouch! That

  2. Ouch. That

  3. Ouch ... That

  4. NO CHANGE

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
Exclamation marks are used after interjections, or after sentences that express a strong emotion such as surprise, astonishment, etc. It may be used to end any exclamatory sentence to show emphasis. In the sentence given, 'Ouch' is an interjection. Hence, the correct option is A) Ouch! That

Choose the option that best corrects the underlined word.

"Look out," she yelled, as a car raced by.

exclamation mark punctuation english

  1. out."

  2. out!"

  3. out?"

  4. NO CHANGE

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
Exclamation marks are used after interjections, after sentences that express a strong emotion such as surprise, astonishment, etc., or after a command. It may be used to end any exclamatory sentence to show emphasis. In the sentence given, 'Look out' is a command. Hence, the correct option is B) out!

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence at the underlined point:

Stop, don't touch anything!

exclamation mark punctuation english

  1. Stop! Don't

  2. Stop; don't

  3. Stop. Don't

  4. NO CHANGE

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:
According to general rule, an exclamation mark is used after an interjection or exclamation to indicate strong feelings or high volume, or to show emphasis, and often marks the end o a sentence. is used to mark the end of a complete sentence.
Exclamation marks are occasionally used mid sentence with a function similar to commas, for dramatic effect. Thus, the correct answer will be Option A, in place of the comma. 
The remaining options are incorrect, as a comma is used to indicate a pause whereas, a semi colon is used to separate major sentence elements. A period is used to mark an end to a complete sentence.

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence at the underlined point:

Look out, the wall is about to come tumbling down.

exclamation mark punctuation english

  1. NO CHANGE

  2. Look out; the

  3. Look out. the

  4. Look out! The

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:
According to general rule, an exclamation mark is used after an interjection or exclamation to indicate strong feelings or high volume, or to show emphasis, and often marks the end o a sentence. is used to mark the end of a complete sentence.
Exclamation marks are occasionally used mid sentence with a function similar to commas, for dramatic effect. Thus, the correct answer will be Option D, in place of the comma. 
The remaining options are incorrect, as a comma is used to indicate a pause whereas, a semi colon is used to separate major sentence elements. A period is used to mark an end to a complete sentence.

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence at the underlined point:

What a beautiful new car you have!

exclamation mark punctuation english

  1. NO CHANGE

  2. have,

  3. have.

  4. have?

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Exclamation mark is used to express surprise, excitement or any other strong emotion. Given sentence describes excitement and happiness. The given sentence is grammatically correct as it has exclamation mark thus no change is required in it. Thus, option A is correct. 

Choose the option that best corrects the sentence at the underlined point:

Ouch. That hurts a lot.

exclamation mark punctuation english

  1. Ouch,

  2. Ouch?

  3. Ouch!

  4. NO CHANGE

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:
According to general rule, an exclamation mark is used after an interjection or exclamation to indicate strong feelings or high volume, or to show emphasis, and often marks the end o a sentence. is used to mark the end of a complete sentence.
Exclamation marks are occasionally used mid sentence with a function similar to commas, for dramatic effect. Thus, the correct answer will be Option C. 
The remaining options are incorrect, as a comma is used to indicate a pause whereas, a question mark is used to indicate an interrogatory clause. A period is used to mark an end to a complete sentence.

Choose the option with the correct punctuation marks:
what a beautiful painting it is 

exclamation mark punctuation english

  1. What a beautiful painting it is.

  2. What a beautiful painting it is?

  3. What a beautiful painting it is!

  4. What a beautiful painting, it is .

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Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The given sentence is an exclamatory sentence, which is used to express strong emotions of love, anger, happiness, surprise, confusion, etc.  An exclamatory sentence should always end with an exclamation mark (!). 

The given sentence is an exclamation of joy at the beauty of the painting. 
Of the options given, options A and D end with full stops. Option D also has a comma at the end of the words, 'beautiful painting' which is not required. Option B ends with a question mark. Hence, all these three options are incorrect.
Option C is correct as it ends with an exclamation mark. 



Choose the option that best corrects the underlined word.

Caution? Live wires ahead.

exclamation mark punctuation english

  1. NO CHANGE

  2. Caution!

  3. Caution -

  4. Caution.

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:
The given sentence clearly states a warning message. The usage of a question mark here, is incorrect.
Such strong feelings, high volume or a message with an emphasis is followed by an exclamation mark. Thus, the correct answer is Option B.
The period is used to end a sentence. It does not bring out the required emphasis.

Choose whether the following is True or False:
Capital letters are never used to begin each fresh line of poetry.

capitalization punctuation english

  1. True

  2. False

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Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Traditionally, each line of a poem begins with a capital letter. This was a tool used to distinguish poetry from prose.
Hence, the given statement is false. It isn't true that lines in a poem never begin with a capital letter.
Hence option B is correct and A is incorrect.
(In modern times, some poets choose not to begin each line with a capital letter. But, this does not mean that the given statement is correct.)