Questions 1–5: The following fascinating facts contain misuses of the rules for using apostrophes, hyphens, and capitalization. Correct the mistakes. 1. the worlds tallest man was eight feet, 11.1 inches tall when he died on july 15, 1940.
2. an austrian man was both a Dwarf and a Giant during his’ adult life.
3. a woman from the netherland’s was the shortest female ever; she never weighed more than nine pounds in her life.
4. one russian Peasant-woman gave birth to sixty nine children’s.
5. conjoined twin’s used to be called “siamese” because of two very-famous thai brothers, Chang and Eng Bunker, who were joined at the chest.
Question 6: Write four instances where you would use a hyphen and provide an example for each one.
Questions 7–16: Write down the contractions in each of the following sentences. Then, after each contraction, write the two words that were put together to form the contraction.
7. It’s time for lunch.
8. There’s an important visitor in the office.
9. Can’t we leave at noon?
10. What’s the hurry?
11. Joe’s going, too.
12. Bill said he’ll meet us at the door.
13. You shouldn’t have left earlier than the rest of the men.
14. I thought they’d wait for me.
15. Where’s everyone? I’m getting hungry.
16. The bell’s going to ring in a minute.