1. I heard very clearly when the chair next to me moved, but my eyes stayed carefully focused on the pattern I was drawing.
2. In a lot of ways, living with Charlie was like having my own place, and I found myself reveling in the aloneness instead of being lonely.
3. I could hear how crazy it sounded, and I couldn’t continue.
In the following sentences, insert the missing commas. Some commas have already been inserted, however, all sentences have one or more commas that are still missing.
1. I heard very clearly when the chair next to me moved but my eyes stayed carefully focused on the pattern I was drawing.
2. In a lot of ways, living with Charlie was like having my own place and I found myself reveling in the aloneness instead of being lonely.
3. I could hear how crazy it sounded and I couldn’t continue.
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In the following sentences, insert the missing semi-colons, or colons.
1. It was such a thick fog that I was a few feet down the driveway before I realized there was a car in it a silver car.
2. It was worse because I was tired I still couldn’t sleep with the wind echoing around the house.
3. I had to speak he was waiting.
1. It was such a thick fog that I was a few feet down the driveway before I realized there was a car in it a silver car.
2. It was worse because I was tired I still couldn’t sleep with the wind echoing around the house.
3. I had to speak he was waiting.
1. It was such a thick fog that I was a few feet down the driveway before I realized there was a car in it: a silver car.
2. It was worse because I was tired; I still couldn’t sleep with the wind echoing around the house.
3. I had to speak; he was waiting.
2. It was worse because I was tired; I still couldn’t sleep with the wind echoing around the house.
3. I had to speak; he was waiting.
In the following sentences, Highlight the preposition. Bold the full prepositional phrase.
1. Jess drove straight to the one big department store in town.
2. He chuckled at my puzzled tone.
3. His face twisted up into that perfect crooked smile.
1. Jess drove straight to the one big department store in town.
2. He chuckled at my puzzled tone.
3. His face twisted up into that perfect crooked smile.
1. Jess drove straight to the one big department store in town.
2. He chuckled at my puzzled tone.
3. His face twisted up into that perfect crooked smile.
2. He chuckled at my puzzled tone.
3. His face twisted up into that perfect crooked smile.
In the following sentences, Bold the full prepositional phrase.
1. Jess drove straight to the one big department store in town.
2. He chuckled at my puzzled tone.
3. His face twisted up into that perfect crooked smile.
1. Jess drove straight to the one big department store in town.
2. He chuckled at my puzzled tone.
3. His face twisted up into that perfect crooked smile.
2. He chuckled at my puzzled tone.
3. His face twisted up into that perfect crooked smile.
1. Jess drove straight to the one big department store in town.
2. He chuckled at my puzzled tone.
3. His face twisted up into that perfect crooked smile.
the watchman asked have you seen a clock lately.
i can barely hear you said the bald eagle.
i can barely hear you said the bald eagle.
1. The watchman asked, "Have you seen a clock lately?"
2. "I can barely hear you," said the bald eagle.
2. "I can barely hear you," said the bald eagle.