Punctuation

A semicolon is an equivalent to a comma

• True

• False

Semicolons, not colons, are used to introduce lists

• True

• False

She said: "I went to the store yesterday."

Above, the puncuation mark in blue is a...

• Hyphen

• Comma

• Semicolon

• Colon

Semicolons are used to join unrelated sentences

• True

• False

The following sentence is correctly puncuated:

The teacher will require a few things the first day of class: two red pens, a notebook, and pencils.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.6.6

The following sentence is correctly puncuated:

We went to Tallahassee, Florida, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Newark, New Jersey.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.6.6

You can swap out hyphens with other types of dashes.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

The following sentence is correctly puncuated:

We saw a six-centimeter caterpillar crawling on the branch.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

The following sentence is correctly puncuated:

The author was well-known.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

You would use an ellipsis when...

• You want to omit a word, phrase, line, etc.

• You want to express hesitation or a change of emotion

• Both answers are correct

• Neither answers are correct