NATIONAL COURT REPORTERS EXAM | 2026/2027 LATEST UPDATE
| COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |
GRADED A+
Sentence Definition - ANSWER Sentence: A sentence is a group of related words that contains a
subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.
"The baby slept soundly."
Period Rule 1 - ANSWER Use a period at the end of a grammatically complete sentence that makes a
statement.
"I will set it up here."
Run-On Sentence Definition - ANSWER Run-On Sentence: A run-on sentence is two independent
sentences combined in such a way that it looks as if they are one unit, one sentence.
Comma Splice Definition - ANSWER Comma Splice: A comma splice is a type of run-on sentence that
has two independent sentences that have no connection word between them and are incorrectly
punctuated with a comma.
Period Rule 2 - ANSWER DO not create a run-on sentence by putting a comma between two
sentences when there is no conjunction. Use a period to separate them.
Command Definition - ANSWER Command: The command is the form of the verb used when you are
talking directly to someone and telling him or asking him to do something.
Period Rule 3 - ANSWER Put a period at the end of a sentence that is a command form.
Period Rule 4 - ANSWER Use a period at the end of anything that, though not a grammatically
complete sentence, stands for a complete thought.
Period Rule 5 - ANSWER Use a period when the attorney repeats the witness's ANSWER, whether it is
a complete sentence or a fragment, before going on to the new question
Period Rule 6 - ANSWER When the words object, objection, et cetera, are used alone, put a period
after them before the reasons for the objection are enumerated.
| COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |
GRADED A+
Sentence Definition - ANSWER Sentence: A sentence is a group of related words that contains a
subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.
"The baby slept soundly."
Period Rule 1 - ANSWER Use a period at the end of a grammatically complete sentence that makes a
statement.
"I will set it up here."
Run-On Sentence Definition - ANSWER Run-On Sentence: A run-on sentence is two independent
sentences combined in such a way that it looks as if they are one unit, one sentence.
Comma Splice Definition - ANSWER Comma Splice: A comma splice is a type of run-on sentence that
has two independent sentences that have no connection word between them and are incorrectly
punctuated with a comma.
Period Rule 2 - ANSWER DO not create a run-on sentence by putting a comma between two
sentences when there is no conjunction. Use a period to separate them.
Command Definition - ANSWER Command: The command is the form of the verb used when you are
talking directly to someone and telling him or asking him to do something.
Period Rule 3 - ANSWER Put a period at the end of a sentence that is a command form.
Period Rule 4 - ANSWER Use a period at the end of anything that, though not a grammatically
complete sentence, stands for a complete thought.
Period Rule 5 - ANSWER Use a period when the attorney repeats the witness's ANSWER, whether it is
a complete sentence or a fragment, before going on to the new question
Period Rule 6 - ANSWER When the words object, objection, et cetera, are used alone, put a period
after them before the reasons for the objection are enumerated.
