Semi/Colon Test Review

How is it one careless match can start a forest fire; but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?

Is the semicolon used correctly?

• Yes

• No

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Housework can’t kill you; but why take a chance?

Is the semicolon used correctly?

• Yes

• No

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

"Friendship is like peeing on yourself: everyone can see it, but only you get the warm feeling that it brings."

Is the colon used correctly?

• Yes

• No

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2B

"Why do people say 'no offense;' right before they’re about to offend you?"

Is the semicolon used correctly?

• Yes

• No

Oscar Wilde said, "Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go. "

Is the semicolon used correctly?

• Yes

• No

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Nothing sticks more than: that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong.

Is the colon used correctly?

• Yes

• No

"When I die, I want to go peacefully like my grandfather did: in his sleep. Not yelling and screaming like the passengers in his car."

Is the colon used correctly?

• Yes

• No

"The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are: composed entirely of lost airline luggage."

Is the colon used correctly?

• Yes

• No

What is the correct punctuation for the following sentence?

He slept through his alarm luckily his first class was cancelled.

• through;

• alarm;

• luckily;

• As it is

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

What is the correct punctuation for the following sentence?

We practiced every day after school and all Saturday however we lost the game.

• Saturday;

• ;however,

• however;

• As it is

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A