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Title: Within-Sentence Punctuation

Grade: 8-a Lesson: S4-L3

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Step	Type	Explanation	Answer
1	Problem	Sophia was eager to go to the office to see her new colleagues-if she would get a cab!
2	Clue	Punctuations help end, pause, and emphasize certain sentence parts.
3	Hint	"Commas separate phrases and clauses, a period ends a sentence, and a semicolon is used to join two logically connected independent clauses together, the dash is used to provide additional information that complements the main purpose of the sentence."
4	Choice.A	Sophia was eager to go to the office to see her new colleagues-if she could get a cab. The sentence is incorrect due to the misuse of a dash.	No change
5	Choice.B	Sophia was eager to go to the office to see her new colleagues : if she could get a cab. The sentence is incorrect due to the use of a colon in a way that doesn’t fit the context.	colleagues : if
6	Choice.C	Sophia was eager to go to the office to see her new colleagues if she could get a cab. The sentence is correct in terms of punctuation. It is a concise and grammatically sound statement that expresses a condition (seeing her new colleagues) contingent upon another condition (getting a cab).	colleagues if
7	Choice.D	Sophia was eager to go to the office to see her new colleagues.if she could get a cab. The sentence is incorrect due to the inappropriate use of a period after "colleagues."	colleagues.if
8	Step:	Correct sentence	Sophia was eager to go to the office to see her new colleagues if she could get a cab.
9	Answer	Option	C
10	Sumup	Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

Step

Type

Explanation

Answer

Problem

Sophia was eager to go to the office to see her new colleagues-if she would get a cab!

Clue

Punctuations help end, pause, and emphasize certain sentence parts.

Hint

"Commas separate phrases and clauses, a period ends a sentence, and a semicolon is used to join two logically connected independent clauses together, the dash is used to provide additional information that complements the main purpose of the sentence."

Choice.A

Sophia was eager to go to the office to see her new colleagues-if she could get a cab.

The sentence is incorrect due to the misuse of a dash.

No change

Choice.B

Sophia was eager to go to the office to see her new colleagues : if she could get a cab.

The sentence is incorrect due to the use of a colon in a way that doesn’t fit the context.

colleagues : if

Choice.C

Sophia was eager to go to the office to see her new colleagues if she could get a cab.

The sentence is correct in terms of punctuation. It is a concise and grammatically sound statement that expresses a condition (seeing her new colleagues) contingent upon another condition (getting a cab).

colleagues if

Choice.D

Sophia was eager to go to the office to see her new colleagues.if she could get a cab.

The sentence is incorrect due to the inappropriate use of a period after "colleagues."

colleagues.if

Step:

Correct sentence

Sophia was eager to go to the office to see her new colleagues if she could get a cab.

Answer

Option

Sumup

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

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