GTTP Lesson 7

Last Assignment
Put in the necessary punctuation where they belong.

1.  Endless groceries lined the counter in the kitchen; Lindsay had left them there to answer the phone.
2.  Desperate and scared, Daniel asked if he could stay the night at Joann’s house.
3.  Jacob lived for the weekends when he could enjoy his favorite pastime playing video games. (I think pastime is a noun, and playing is a verb so no colon between them.)
4. “Just what possessed you to tell off your father?” his mother inquired.
5.  Mark Davis (former CEO of the company) retired early this year.
6.  Did you feed the animals in the barn this morning?
7.  Put that gun down!
8.  The caller asked if my brother was home.
9.  Get back to bed and rest; I will take care of the house and the kids.
10.  Darlene, Katie, Carl, and Denise all made donations to the fundraiser but she (Darlene) made the biggest donation of all.
11.  The company's rosy profit picture emerged from:  overly clever bookkeeping, flexible financial officers, gullible shareholders and perhaps downright fraud.
12.  Elements of the Republican platform:  opposition to same-sex marriages and adoptions, sizable tax cuts and a stronger military.
13.  He had torn the ligament in his Achilles heel.
14.  “Do we have to go over this again and again?” she whined.
15.  Who in their right mind would leave a child alone in a car?