P-3 End Punctuation

Add a period, a question mark, or an exclamation point as appropriate at the end of each of

the following items. Answers to even-numbered items can be found at the back of the book.

EXAMPLE

Why do journalists seem so obsessed with writing about dogs? ^

1. In one week, a small-town paper offered articles about why dog obesity is increasing,

whether dogs love their people, and what tail wagging means

2. The Association for Pet Obesity Prevention asked in 2012 how many dogs in America are

overweight or obese

3. The startling answer was 52.5 percent

4. As with people, weighing too much can cause dogs to develop joint pain and diabetes

5. No wonder today’s dogs are overweight: instead of working, as in past eras, domesticated

dogs may sleep twenty-three hours a day

6. What motivates dogs more—food or love

7. The brain region that lights up when people expect pleasure lights up in dogs when they see

a signal for a treat or sniff the scent of those who feed them

8. A positive event raises activity in the left side of a dog’s brain, causing its tail to wag more to

the right; a negative event causes wagging to the left

9. In a scientific experiment, dogs watching videos of right waggers stayed calm, but dogs

watching left waggers acted anxious

10. What practical use can tail-wagging studies serve

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