Semicolons

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Dad is going bald his hair is getting thinner and thinner.

• hair;
• bald;
• Dad;
• getting;

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

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You need new brakes otherwise you may not be able to stop in time.

• you;
• otherwise;
• brakes;
• able;

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I had a huge meal however, I am already hungry again.

• meal;
• am;
• however;
• hungry;

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We had too many fumbles we lost the game

• lost;
• fumbles;
• had;
• lost;

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I have finished the main course now I have to make dessert.

• finished;
• now;
• main;
• course;

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She didn’t see the other car coming now her car has a huge dent.

• other;
• coming;
• now;
• see;

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Joe likes cake Katie likes pie

• cake;
• Katie;
• Joe;
• pie;

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 Which sentence uses the semicolon correctly?

• The man was wet he was standing in the rain; without an umbrella.
• The man was wet he was; standing in the rain without an umbrella.
•  The man was wet; he was standing in the rain without an umbrella.
• None of the above

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Spring brings gentle rains and warmer weather in addition, there are thunderstorms and hail.

• Spring;
• weather;
• thunderstorms;
• in;

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Change this sentence to correctly use a semicolon:
Gayle likes meatloaf, but she likes shrimp better.

• Gayle likes meatloaf; but she likes shrimp better.
• Gayle likes meatloaf; she likes shrimp better.
• Gayle likes meatloaf but she likes shrimp better.

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