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Writing Connections: You, College, and Careers
Book I: Sentences and Paragraphs

Lee Brandon, Mt. San Antonio College
Grammar Exercises Answer Key
Exercise 17: Using End Punctuation

Name: ___________________________ Date: __________________

Supply the correct end punctuation for each of the following sentences.
  1. Have you ever heard of the Mummy's Curse___

  2. In 1923, 24 people entered the newly discovered tomb of Egypt's King Tutankhamen___

  3. Only weeks after they unearthed Tut's final resting place, the man who financed the dig died___

  4. By 1929, 11 people connected with the discovery of the tomb had also died of unnatural causes___

  5. Holy sarcophagus, the tomb was cursed___

  6. I heard that an untimely death was in store for all the tomb raiders___

  7. As each person on the expedition passed away, the newspapers proclaimed, "The mummy's curse strikes again___"

  8. Did you know that within a decade, the press had linked 30 deaths to King Tut___

  9. Studies now show, though, that on average, the 24 people who entered the burial chamber lived to be 70 years old___

  10. I suppose that the legendary curse was a fiction created by the press___


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