Question

The following sentences lack necessary periods, question marks, exclamation points, commas, semicolon, and colons. Using your proofreading marks, insert the correct punctuation.

1. Flooding rapidly the gully quickly became a tremendous torrent

2. The Grapes of Wrath which is one of my favorite movies is about a family’s struggles during the Great Depression

3. Nicaragua Panama and Honduras are in Central America and Colombia Peru and Chile are in South America

4. One of our cats Gypsy scooted through the door across the room and out the window

5. The Lock Museum of America a fascinating place in Terryville Connecticut has more than twenty thousand locks

6. Could the surprise gift be in-line skates a new football or tickets to a concert

1. Flooding rapidly, the gully quickly became a tremendous torrent.

2. The Grapes of Wrath, which is one of my favorite movies, is about a family’s struggles during the Great Depression.

3. Nicaragua, Panama, and Honduras are in Central America and, Colombia, Peru, and Chile are in South America.

4. One of our cats ,Gypsy, scooted through the door across the room and out the window.

5. The Lock Museum of America, a fascinating place in Terryville Connecticut, has more than twenty thousand locks.

6. Could the surprise gift be in-line skates, a new football, or tickets to a concert?

Answer 1

3, 5 each has an error.

The others are correct.

Answer 2

1, 2, and 6 are correct.
4 will be correct when you fix a space.

3 and 5 need a bit more work.

Answer 3

3. Nicaragua, Panama, and Honduras are in Central America; and Colombia, Peru, and Chile are in South America.

5. The Lock Museum of America, a fascinating place in Terryville, Connecticut, has more than twenty thousand locks.

Does # 4 need more commas?

Answer 4

In 3, you need a comma with "and" or a conjunctive adverb after a semicolon. A semicolon and "and" is incorrect.

5 is now correct.