There was an accident on Route 38 last night, several people got hurt.

 

• There was an accident on Route 38 last night, several people got hurt.

• Because there was an accident on Route 38 last night several people got hurt.

• There was an accident on Route 38 last night, and several people got hurt.

Pick the sentence that uses the semicolon correctly.

• Robin Hood stole from the rich; he also gave to the poor.

• Robin Hood stole from the rich, he also gave to the poor.

• Robin Hood stole from; the rich he also gave to the poor.

• Robin Hood; stole from the rich; he also gave to the poor.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Pick the sentence that uses the comma or semicolon correctly.

• My favorite dessert is not ice cream, it's frozen yogurt.

• My favorite dessert is not ice cream; it's frozen yogurt.

• My favorite dessert; is not ice cream it's frozen yogurt.

• My favorite dessert, is not ice cream; it's frozen yogurt.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Choose the sentence with that uses a comma correctly.

• You're a wizard, Harry.

• You're a, wizard Harry.

• You're: a wizard, Harry.

• You're a wizard: Harry.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Snow drifted on the roads the cars could not get through.

• Complete sentence (Independent Clause)

• Fragment (Dependent Clause)

• Comma splice

• Run-on sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

Lucas put on a few pounds during the holidays__ so he decided to join a gym.

• ;

• :

• ,

• no punctuation needed

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

I met my dad’s elderly aunt at a family reunion__ I was surprised to see her with a cell phone and an iPad.

• ;

• :

• ,

• no punctuation needed

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

We spent the last six hours calling the airport__ nevertheless, the missing luggage has not turned up.

• no punctuation needed

• ,

• :

• ;

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Completed in 1889, the Eiffel Tower was one of the main attractions of the Paris World Fair__ and it remains a favorite tourist destination to this day.

• no punctuation needed

• :

• ;

• ,

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Jennifer loves her rabbits, ​ (a)   she is afraid of her roosters.

• but
• and
• so
• or