Question

Choose the option with the correct punctuation marks:
check your pencil eraser ruler sharpener pen and ink before you go in the examination hall

• A. Check your pencil eraser ruler sharpener pen and ink before you go into the examination hall.
• B. Check your pencil ; eraser ; ruler ; sharpener ; pen and ink before you go into the examination hall.
• C. Check your pencil-eraser-ruler-sharpener-pen and ink before you go into the examination hall
• D. Check your pencil, eraser, ruler, sharpener, pen and ink before you go into the examination hall.

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

Check your pencil, eraser, ruler, sharpener, pen and ink before you go into the examination hall.

Every sentence begins with a capital letter. All the given options begin with a capital letter.

A comma is used to separate many similar items in a series which are adjacent to each other. In the given sentence, the common nouns, 'pencil', 'eraser', 'ruler' 'sharpener, 'pen' and 'ink' are all common nouns which can be categorised under 'stationery'. Hence, all these words (except the last one) need to be separated by a comma. The correct way of writing is: "Check your pencil, eraser, ruler, sharpener, pen and ink before you go into the examination hall". This punctuation rule is correctly followed in option D. Hence, option. D is the correct answer.

Option A is incorrect as there is no comma separating the said common nouns.

Option B is incorrect as there is a semi-colon (:) separating all the common nouns instead of a comma.

Option C is incorrect as there is a hyphen (-) separating all the common nouns instead of a comma.