Writer's Choice Grade 6

Unit 19: Punctuation

Adapted True-False Quiz

Read each sentence carefully. Select "Correct" if the sentence is punctuated properly. Select "Incorrect" if the sentence has not been puncutuated properly.

Sources for facts about Gouveneur Morris in T/F quiz:
U.S. Army biography
National Archives

1.
As most people know, the Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson.
A)Correct
B)Incorrect
2.
Few people know who wrote the Constitution it was Gouveneur Morris.
A)Correct
B)Incorrect
3.
When he was young Morris lost a leg in an accident, he wore a wooden leg.
A)Correct
B)Incorrect
4.
Morris went to college when he was twelve.
A)Correct
B)Incorrect
5.
He held many jobs including a lawyer a volunteer soldier, and a delegate to the Continental Congress.
A)Correct
B)Incorrect
6.
His mother was loyal to Britain, but Morris supported independence.
A)Correct
B)Incorrect
7.
In 1776, he wrote New Yorks first constitution.
A)Correct
B)Incorrect
8.
The soldiers at Valley Forge needed supplies; so, he worked with Congress to get them.
A)Correct
B)Incorrect
9.
At the Constitutional Convention, he gave 173 speeches' more than anyone else.
A)Correct
B)Incorrect
10.
Wasn’t he nicknamed the “Penman of the Constitution”?
A)Correct
B)Incorrect
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