Capitalization and Punctuation: Parentheses

Application 16

Instructions Click on the "sentence" button next to each number and a sentence will pop up. Insert parentheses where they would be appropriate (being careful of their placement with other punctuation and quotation marks) and then compare your work to the computer's response. Example: His taxes were so high over $20,00 last year that he had no money left over. His taxes were so high (over $20,00 last year) that he had no money left over. 1.        2.        3.        4.        5.

CONTENTS MAIN PAGE 6.1 Observation of Writing 6.2 Capital Letters 6.3 Period 6.4 Question Mark 6.5 Exclamation Point 6.6 Comma 6.7 Colon 6.8 Semicolon 6.9 Quotation Marks 6.10 Parentheses 6.11 Review & Practice 6.12 Fun with Grammar 6.13 Return to Observation of Writing 6.14 Mastery Test