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Title: Conventional Expression, End-of-Sentence Punctuation, Within-Sentence Punctuation, Punctuating a Series

Grade: core-sat Lesson: S12-P1

Explanation: Hello Students, time to practice and review the answers.

Description:

Step	Type	Explanation	Answer
1	Problem	John, tired not being able to feed his dogs, decided to leave the job and move to another job where he could earn enough to feed his dog.
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	John tired not being able to feed his dogs, decided to leave his job and move to another job where he can earn enough to feed his dog The sentence is correct in terms of grammar because it effectively uses proper punctuation. It employs a comma after "dogs" to set off a non-restrictive clause.	No change
5	Choice.B	John tired not being able to feed his dogs decided to leave his job and move to another job where he can earn enough to feed his dog The sentence is grammatically incorrect due to the absence of punctuation mark after "dogs." Punctuations are necessary to separate clauses and improve clarity.	dogs decided
6	Choice.C	John tired not being able to feed his dogs. decided to leave his job and move to another job where he can earn enough to feed his dog The sentence is grammatically incorrect due to the absence of a comma after "dogs". Commas are necessary to set off the introductory phrase.	dogs. decided
7	Choice.D	John tired not being able to feed his dogs~ decided to leave his job and move to another job where he can earn enough to feed his dog The sentence is incorrect due to the misuse of the tilde (~) symbol, which is typically used to denote approximation or as a shorthand for "approximately." In this context, a comma or semicolon would be more appropriate to separate the clauses and maintain proper punctuation.	dogs~ decided
8	Step:	Correct sentence	John tired not being able to feed his dogs, decided to leave his job and move to another job where he can earn enough to feed his dog
9	Answer	Option	A
10	Sumup	Can you summarize what you’ve understood in the above steps?

Step

Type

Explanation

Answer

Problem

John, tired not being able to feed his dogs, decided to leave the job and move to another job where he could earn enough to feed his dog.

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

John tired not being able to feed his dogs, decided to leave his job and move to another job where he can earn enough to feed his dog

The sentence is correct in terms of grammar because it effectively uses proper punctuation. It employs a comma after "dogs" to set off a non-restrictive clause.

No change

Choice.B

John tired not being able to feed his dogs decided to leave his job and move to another job where he can earn enough to feed his dog

The sentence is grammatically incorrect due to the absence of punctuation mark after "dogs." Punctuations are necessary to separate clauses and improve clarity.

dogs decided

Choice.C

John tired not being able to feed his dogs. decided to leave his job and move to another job where he can earn enough to feed his dog

The sentence is grammatically incorrect due to the absence of a comma after "dogs". Commas are necessary to set off the introductory phrase.

dogs. decided

Choice.D

John tired not being able to feed his dogs~ decided to leave his job and move to another job where he can earn enough to feed his dog

The sentence is incorrect due to the misuse of the tilde (~) symbol, which is typically used to denote approximation or as a shorthand for "approximately." In this context, a comma or semicolon would be more appropriate to separate the clauses and maintain proper punctuation.

dogs~ decided

Step:

Correct sentence

John tired not being able to feed his dogs, decided to leave his job and move to another job where he can earn enough to feed his dog

Answer

Option

Sumup

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