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Semicolons and Colons

Authored by Natalie Hoelting

English

6th - 8th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 27+ times

Semicolons and Colons
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1.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Add a comma, semicolon, or colon if needed. If nothing is needed, type NA.


Ed wrote an article on preserving perishable food using several sources __ Cook's Illustrated, Real Simple, and lifehacker.com.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2B

2.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Add commas, semicolons, or colons if needed. If nothing is needed, type NA.


Seattle offers many free attractions, such as Olympic Sculpture Park__ the Center for Wooden Boats __ Seattle Center, home to the Space Needle __ and Pike Place Market.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

3.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Add commas, semicolons, or colons if needed. If nothing is needed, type NA.


In the early part of the twentieth century, magazines__ newspapers__ movies__ and radio were the mass media of popular culture.

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

4.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Add a comma, semicolon, or colon if needed. If nothing is needed, type NA.


Ms. Jefferson is an illustrator whose work has appeared in many well-known publications, such as __ The New York Times, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and Time.

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

5.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Add a comma, semicolon, or colon if needed. If nothing is needed, type NA.


Mr. McCarthy grows a variety of medicinal herbs in his garden __ chamomile, echinacea, lavender, feverfew, and lemon balm.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2B

6.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Add commas, semicolons, or colons if needed. If nothing is needed, type NA.


An unrelenting drought in California has drained lakes __ rivers __ and snowpacks, so the state now relies on groundwater to meet demand.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2B

7.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Add a comma, semicolon, or colon if needed. If nothing is needed, type NA.


Josh saw five highly poisonous snakes at the reptile sanctuary __ the boomslang, the eastern tiger snake, the saw-scaled viper, the banded krait, and the king cobra.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

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