Semicolons & Colons Review

Is the following punctuation correct or incorrect?
Reading from 8:30 in the morning until 9:00 that night, Sam finished S.E. Hinton's book yesterday. 

• correct
• incorrect

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Is the following punctuation correct or incorrect?
Writers need: imagination, a good story to tell, and a lively writing style. 

• correct
• incorrect

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Is the following punctuation correct or incorrect?
These one-time authors fade away; many are later forgotten.

• correct
• incorrect

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Is the following punctuation or incorrect?
Teens have published best selling books, however, some never publish anything again. 

• correct
• incorrect

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Is the following punctuation correct or incorrect?
The volunteers are: Tina, Tom, and Zoe. 

• correct
• incorrect

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Is the following punctuation correct or incorrect?
The school will sell homemade baked goods: muffins, rolls, cakes, and cookies.

• correct
• incorrect

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Juanita usually prefers to work out in the morning ___________  today she intends to go to the gym after her last appointment.

• comma
• semicolon
• no punctuation

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Is this sentence correct?
The school day had ended; but I still had to go to practice.

• yes
• no

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

After which WORDS should a semi-colon be inserted added?

This summer I am going to visit Memphis, Tennessee Little Rock, Arkansas and St. Louis, Missouri.

• visit and Memphis

• Tennessee and Arkansas

• Arkansas and St. Louis

• Little Rock and Arkansas

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Which punctuation mark is needed in the following sentence?The children asked for four supplies glitter, glue, markers, and poster board.

• ;
• :
• neither of these

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A