2. Clearing in the Sky (Punctuation from Past Papers)
Punctuation Based on Exercise
now you re comin to something son he said as he pushed down the top wire so he could cross the fence this is something i want you to see (GW-10)
Solution:“Now you’re comin’ to something, son,” he said as he pushed down the top wire so he could cross the fence. “This is something I want you to see!”
Punctuation (IMPORTANT & BASED ON PAST PAPERS)
- this is the way jess said my father, pointing with his cane across the deep valley below us i want to show you something you ve not seen for many years (FB-10)
Solution:“This is the way, Jess, “said my father, pointing with his cane across the deep valley below us. “I want to show you something you’ve not seen for many years!”
- look at this jess he bragged did you ever see better alfalfa grow out of the earth (BP-11)
Solution:“Look at this, Jess!” he bragged. “Did you ever see better alfalfa grow out of the earth?”
- it s the best looking hay i ve ever seen any place i said i ve not seen better looking alfalfa even in the little sany river bottoms
Solution: “It’s the best looking hay I’ve ever seen any place,” I said, “I’ve not seen better looking alfalfa even in the Little Sandy River bottoms!”
- is that what you wanted to show me i asked oh no no he said as he began to climb the second bluff that lifted abruptly from the flat toward the sky
Solution:“Is that what you wanted to show me?” I asked. “Oh, no, no,” he said as he began to climb the second bluff that lifted abruptly from the flat toward the sky.
- all paths go to the same place he answered then why do you take the steep one i asked (MN-8)
Solution:“All paths go to the same place,” he answered. “Then why do you take the steep one?” I asked.
- who did this i asked who cleared this land and fenced it fenced it against what (SW-14)
Solution:“Who did this?” I asked. “Who cleared this land and fenced it? Fenced it against what?”
- stray cattle if they ever get out the pasture he answered me curtly i cleared this land and i fenced it! (RP-13)
Solution:“Stray cattle if they ever get out of the pasture,” he answered me curtly.” I cleared this land. And I fenced it!”
- but why did you ever climb to this mountain top and do this i asked him look at the fertile land we have in the valley
Solution:“But why did you ever climb to this mountain top and do this?” I asked him. “Look at the fertile land we have in the valley!”
- just like the fresh air he said as he let the dirt run between his fingers it s pleasant to touch too he added
Solution:“Just like fresh air,” he said as he let the dirt run between his fingers. “It’s pleasant to touch, too,” he added.
- i don’t see a weed in this patch i laughed wont they grow her i wont let em he said now this is what i ve been wanting you to see (MN-13)
Solution:“I don’t see a weed in this patch,” I laughed. “Won’t they grow here?” “I won’t let em,” he said. “Now this is what I’ve been wanting you to see!”
- what is the reason for your planting this patch up here i asked twenty times in my life said a doctor has told me to go home and be with my family as long as i could (GW-9)
Solution:“What is the reason for your planting this patch up here?” I asked. “Twenty times in my life,” he said “a doctor has told me to go home and be with my family as long as I could.”
- and jess he bragged regardless of my threescore years and ten i ploughed it ploughed it with a mule (FB-17)
Solution:“And, Jess,” he bragged, “regardless of my threescore years and ten, I ploughed it. Ploughed it with a mule!”
- and jess he almost whispered the doctors told me to sit still and to take life easy i couldn’t do it (BP-10)
Solution:“And, Jess, “he almost whispered, “The doctor told me to sit still and to take life easy. I couldn’t do it.”
- oh yes he said early last spring i couldn’t climb straight up the steep path
Solution: “Oh, yes,” he said. “Early last spring, I couldn’t climb straight up the steep path.