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EXERCISE 8. Punctuating with commas and periods. (Charts 8-1-
8-3)
Directions: Add commas, periods, and capital
letters as necessary.
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African elephants are larger than Asiatic elephants. (E) elephants
native to Asia are easier to train and have gentler natures than African
elephants.
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Asiatic elephants are native to the jungles and forests in India
Indonesia Malaysia Thailand India China and other countries in southeastern
and southern Asia.
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3
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Elephants
spend a lot of time in water and are good swimmers they take baths in
rivers and lakes they like to give themselves showers by shooting water
from their trunks.
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4
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After a bath, they often cover themselves with dirt the dirt
protects their skin from the sun and insects.
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5
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A female
elephant is pregnant for approximately twenty months and almost always has only
one baby a young elephant stays close to its mother for the first ten years
of its life.
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6
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Elephants live peacefully together in herds but some elephants
(called rogues) leave the herd
and become mean these elephants usually are in pain from decayed teeth a disease
or a wound
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