Semicolon and Colon

After which word should a colon be inserted?

The girls requested the following things for breakfast pancakes, sausage and orange juice.

• requested

• following

• breakfast

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.W.8.4

Which punctuation mark is needed in the following sentence?

The children asked for four supplies glitter, glue, markers and poster board.

• semi-colon

• colon

• neither of these

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CCSS.L.5.2A

Insert the correct punctuation.

Zadie Smith is a writer who grew up in London ____ she is best known for her award-winning novel 'White Teeth'.

• comma

• semi-colon

• colon

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CCSS.L.8.2A

 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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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

• Every morning I try to do the following chores make my bed, pick up my clothes, and rinse my breakfast dishes.
• Every morning I try to do the following chores: make my bed, pick up my clothes, and rinse my breakfast dishes.

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CCSS.L.8.2A

True or False

A semicolon can be used to separate two independent clauses.

• True

• False

Choose the rightly punctuated sentence.

• You asked for forgiveness, he granted it to you.

• You asked for forgiveness; he granted it to you.

• You asked for: forgiveness. He granted it to you.

• You asked for forgiveness he granted it to you.

Choose the rightly punctuated sentence.

• She has three dogs: two poodles and: a beagle.

• She has three dogs; two poodles and a beagle.

• She has three dogs: two poodles and a beagle.

• She has three dogs, two poodles, and a beagle.

Choose the rightly punctuated sentence.

• She said she loved the book; so, I gave it to her.

• She said she loved the book, so I gave it to her.

• She said: she loved the book, so I gave it to her.

• She said she loved the book: so I gave it to her