Unit 7: Grammar and Punctuation
Short-answer questions
Specific instructions to students
• The following questions will help you practise your grammar and punctuation.
• Read the following questions, then answer accordingly.
QUESTION 1
QUESTION 5
Which linking word or phrase could you use instead of
‘whereas’?
What is wrong with the following text?
Answer
on the other hand
QUESTION 2
What does the linking word ‘alternatively’ mean?
Answer
instead of
QUESTION 3
What punctuation is missing from the following sentence?
A full range of services including cuts colours perms
special occasion styles and even Indian head massage
are available from the hairdressing salon.
Answer
commas
QUESTION 4
What is wrong with the following text? Correct the
following sentence.
Last Saturday the salon was extremely busy; lanie
was run off her feet with all the clients that had been
booked in. She was pleased that she had remembered
to ask fiona to come in to help. She had felt a bit
guilty as she had had to ask fiona to travel in from
manchester, where she had been on a hen night the
night before.
Answer
Why not visit our new hairdressing salon set in the
heart of bustling Balham? Youre sure to receive a
warm welcome, whether you want a cut, colour,
perm, special occasion ‘do’ or total restyle. The choice
is yours! To find out more, call Justine on 01435
778367.
Answer
There is an apostrophe missing from the second
sentence (You’re)
QUESTION 6
Can you identify the mistake in this job application
letter?
Dear Madam
I wish to apply for the vacancy of junior stylist at
your salon, as advertised in this week’s Gloucester
Globe.
I have just completed my Level 2 NVQ Diploma in
Hairdressing coarse at Dinsdale Park College and am
now looking for work in the Gloucester area.
I enclose a copy of my CV and look forward to
hearing from you.
Yours faithfully
Andrew Plessington
Answer
Course
All the names of people and places should have capital
letters
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QUESTION 7
QUESTION 8
a) Add the missing full stops and capital letters to this
advert for a barbershop and gents skin care.
Add commas to the following text to make the sense
clearer.
b) Can you identify the mistake in this advert?
The Male Retreat, Parkgate
The Male Retreat is a traditional, quality barbershop
with olde worlde charm, yet with up to the minute
male skin care treatments if you want to experience
a full range of male grooming services, with space
set aside to unwind and enjoy the peace and quite
of professional skin care services The Male Retreat is
the place for you please ring 0151 629 4027 to find out
more and all about our special offers
Answer
The Male Retreat, Parkgate
The Male Retreat is a traditional, quality barbershop
with olde worlde charm, yet with up to the minute
male skin care treatments. If you want to experience
a full range of male grooming services, with space
set aside to unwind and enjoy the peace and quite of
professional skin care services. The Male Retreat is
the place for you. Please ring 0151 629 4027 to find out
more and all about our special offers.
Using a washing machine as we know is a very
simple task. Most of us have a washing machine
at home yet launderettes are still popular in many
locations throughout the UK. Many years ago during
Victorian times doing the washing was extremely
hard work and took virtually all day. In comparison
to those days doing the washing is a piece of cake!
Just imagine how long it would have taken in
Victorian times to do the laundry that a typical hair
salon generates each day nowadays!
Answer
Using a washing machine, as we know, is a very
simple task. Most of us have a washing machine
at home, yet launderettes are still popular in many
locations throughout the UK. Many years ago, during
Victorian times, doing the washing was extremely
hard work and took virtually all day. In comparison to
those days, doing the washing is a piece of cake! Just
imagine how long it would have taken, in Victorian
times, to do the laundry that a typical hair salon
generates each day, nowadays!
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