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Test Yourself



             I.  Rewrite the following sentences by inserting capital letters and full stops, wherever re-
                 quired.

                 1.  i have often wondered how jenny can speak so fast
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                 2.  we are going to shanghai next december
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                 3.  chetan has just bought a new car

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                 4.  the atacama desert is the driest place on the earth

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            II.  Rewrite these sentences by inserting punctuation marks, wherever necessary.

                 1.  I have no confidence in Kapils driving

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                 2.  Stop it I hate that noise.
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                 3.  Sheela are you out of your mind
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                 4.  See it wasnt all that hot after all
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                 5.  Where have all the butterflies gone

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            III.  Rewrite these sentences by correcting the use of incorrect punctuation marks.
                 1.  at the delhi Station the strange’r asked what time does the rajdhani express arrive
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                 2.  dont throw out the bab’y with the bathwater
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                 3.  the road up the himalayas was long winding and steep!
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                 4.  the titanic was a luxury cruise ship that, sank in the atlantic, ocean

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                 5.  the japanese are a “very hard-working race”?

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