Question

Choose the option with the correct punctuation marks:
check your pencil eraser ruler sharpener pen and ink before you go in the examination hall
a- Check your pencil eraser ruler sharpener pen and ink before you go into the examination hall.
b- Check your pencil; eraser; ruler; sharpener; pen and ink before you go into the examination hall.
c- Check your pencil- eraser- ruler- sharpener- pen and ink before you go into the examination hall.
d- Check your pencil, eraser, ruler, sharpener, pen and ink before you go into the examination hall.

Answer 1

Hint: Punctuation marks are added in a sentence to create spacing and regular signs. They help in making our writing clearer and more understandable.

Complete answer:
As given in the hint, punctuation marks indicate the beginning and end of a sentence.
Let us look at the use of different punctuation marks-
The comma (,)- Commas are used to split or separate words in a sentence. Example- I want to eat ice-cream, chocolate, and cake.
The full stop (.)- Full stops are used to indicate the concluding point of a sentence. Example- We will meet in the evening.
Capitalization- It is important to write the first letter of a sentence in capital letters. Example- His father is my teacher.
In the given question- We can see that the first letter of the sentence, ‘check’ has been written in small letters. Also, commas have not been used to separate the different words and no full stop has been used to conclude the sentence. Hence, the correct sentence should be ‘Check your pencil, eraser, ruler, sharpener, pen, and ink before you go into the examination hall.
Option a- ‘Check your pencil eraser ruler sharpener pen and ink before you go into the examination hall.’ It is an incorrect option because no comma has been used to separate the words.
Option b- ‘Check your pencil; eraser; ruler; sharpener; pen and ink before you go into the examination hall.’ It is an incorrect option because we cannot use semicolons to separate the words.
Option c- ‘Check your pencil- eraser- ruler- sharpener- pen and ink before you go into the examination hall.’ It is an incorrect option because we cannot use a hyphen to separate the words.
Option d- ‘Check your pencil, eraser, ruler, sharpener, pen, and ink before you go into the examination hall.’ It is the correct option because we have used a comma to separate the words.
The correct answer is Option ‘d’.

Note:
Keep in mind, the first letter of proper nouns is always written in capital letters. Also, the first letter of a common noun can be written in capital letters, if it is the first word of a sentence.