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Title: End-of-Sentence Punctuation

Grade: 8-a Lesson: S4-L2

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Step	Type	Explanation	Answer
1	Problem	David said to his father he was bored at home and asked his father when we were going to the water park in Chicago
2	Clue	Appropriate use of punctuation at the end of the sentence expresses the sentence.
3	Hint	The given sentence is an imperative that ends in an interrogative; hence a question mark is more appropriate.
4	Choice.A	David said to his father he was bored at home and asked his father when we were going to the water park in Chicago The sentence is incorrect due to a lack of proper punctuation. Punctuation is needed to set off direct speech and clarify the interrogative ending.	No change
5	Choice.B	David said to his father he was bored at home and asked his father when we were going to the water park in Chicago. The sentence is incorrect in terms of punctuation. The punctuation "." is not suitable for the given sentence as the ending is interrogative.	Chicago.
6	Choice.C	David said to his father he was bored at home and asked his father when we were going to the water park in Chicago, The sentence is incorrect in terms of punctuation. The punctuation "," is not suitable for the given sentence as the ending is interrogative.	Chicago,
7	Choice.D	David said to his father he was bored at home and asked his father when we were going to the water park in Chicago? The sentence is correct in terms of grammar. It uses proper punctuation. There’s a question mark at the end to indicate that David is asking a question about when they will go to the water park in Chicago.	Chicago?
8	Step:	Correct sentence	David said to his father he was bored at home and asked his father when we were going to the water park in Chicago?
9	Answer	Option	D
10	Sumup	Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

Step

Type

Explanation

Answer

Problem

David said to his father he was bored at home and asked his father when we were going to the water park in Chicago

Clue

Appropriate use of punctuation at the end of the sentence expresses the sentence.

Hint

The given sentence is an imperative that ends in an interrogative; hence a question mark is more appropriate.

Choice.A

David said to his father he was bored at home and asked his father when we were going to the water park in Chicago

The sentence is incorrect due to a lack of proper punctuation. Punctuation is needed to set off direct speech and clarify the interrogative ending.

No change

Choice.B

David said to his father he was bored at home and asked his father when we were going to the water park in Chicago.

The sentence is incorrect in terms of punctuation. The punctuation "." is not suitable for the given sentence as the ending is interrogative.

Chicago.

Choice.C

David said to his father he was bored at home and asked his father when we were going to the water park in Chicago,

The sentence is incorrect in terms of punctuation. The punctuation "," is not suitable for the given sentence as the ending is interrogative.

Chicago,

Choice.D

David said to his father he was bored at home and asked his father when we were going to the water park in Chicago?

The sentence is correct in terms of grammar. It uses proper punctuation. There’s a question mark at the end to indicate that David is asking a question about when they will go to the water park in Chicago.

Chicago?

Step:

Correct sentence

David said to his father he was bored at home and asked his father when we were going to the water park in Chicago?

Answer

Option

Sumup

Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

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