1.7 English FS Level 2 Diagnostic Assessment

Correctly punctuate the following text. Add three colons and two semicolons.


Thought

for

the

Day;

 

There's

one

thing

that

grinds

my

gears

more

than

anything

else:

rudeness.

 

Whenever

I

see

someone

dropping

a

sweet

wrapper

on

the

floor,

I

want

to

perform

a citizen's

arrest

for

littering;

whenever

a

driver

cuts

me

up,

I

want

an

officer

on

hand

to

haul

them

off

in

cuffs;

and

whenever

I

receive

an

email

without

a

proper

greeting

or

sign

off,

I

want

to

be

able

to

zap

the

sender

with

so

much

spam

that

their

inbox

will

melt!

 

You

might

think

me

harsh,

but

to

misquote

Shakespeare:

'To

be

cruel

is

to

be

kind.'

Indeed,

the

punishment

must

fit

the

crime;

that's

the

only

way

we'll

be

able

to

change

these

people's

habits.

 

So

whenever

you're

about

to

scoff

your

snacks,

pull

out

into

traffic

or

click

send;

pause

for

a

moment

and

remember

the

age-old

saying

manners

make

the

man.