
Semicolons and Colons
Authored by Natalie Hoelting
English
6th - 8th Grade
CCSS covered
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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.
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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.
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.2B
3.
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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
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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
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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.
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CCSS.L.9-10.2B
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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
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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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