Semicolons

Which sentence could you correctly use a semicolon in the blank?

• Joan likes eggs__he eats them every morning for breakfast.

• The cat slept through the storm__under the bed.

• Charmed__ it is my favorite tv show of all time.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Choose the correct sentence.

• I really like tacos; because I have been eating them since I was little.
• I really like tacos because I have been eating them since I was little.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Choose the correct sentence or sentences. 

• My name is Tom I don't really like my name.
• My name is Tom; I don't really like my name.
• My name is: Tom I don't really like m name.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Choose the correct sentence.

• Dracula knocked several times no one came to the door. 
• Dracula knocked several times no one came; to the door. 
• Dracula knocked several times; no one came to the door.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Add semicolons to correct this sentence:

The plane stopped in Chicago, Illinois Atlanta, Georgia and Houston, Texas.

(a)  

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Add semicolons to correct this sentence:

The dinner choices were a steak, potatoes, and spinach a hamburger, fruit salad, and beans or chicken, rice, and peas.

(a)  

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Add semicolons to correct this sentence:

The students on each three-player team were James, Amy, and Paul Violet, William, and Meg and Brett, Tara, and Casey.

(a)  

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Add semicolons to correct this sentence:

July 4, 1776 December 7, 1941 and September 11, 2001 are important dates in U.S. History.

(a)  

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A