The paragraph contains no punctuation. Read the paragraph carefully to see if you can tell where each sentence begins and ends. Then answer the question.

Question

Huckleberry Finn was an excellent book it told of a raft journey down the Mississippi the book has been enjoyed by children and adults I like to read it once a year maybe we all have that desire to be free you can get away from it all when you read about Huck

If this paragraph were properly punctuated, it would have
sentences ending with periods.
6
5
4
3
7

Answer 1

If the paragraph were properly punctuated, it would have 5 sentences ending with periods. Here is one way to punctuate the paragraph:

"Huckleberry Finn was an excellent book. It told of a raft journey down the Mississippi. The book has been enjoyed by children and adults. I like to read it once a year. Maybe we all have that desire to be free; you can get away from it all when you read about Huck."

Thus, the answer is 5.