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Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• Skydivers choose an intended landing zone: that is; they choose a safe place to touch down.
• Skydivers choose an intended landing zone that is, they choose a safe place to touch down.
• Skydivers choose an intended landing zone; that is, they choose a safe place to touch down.

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^{Where does the semicolon go?}

Dad is going bald his hair is getting thinner and thinner.

• Dad;
• bald;
• getting;
• hair;

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Which sentence uses a comma to seperate the name of a city from country or state?

• We are moving to, Spokane Washington.
• I live in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
• I visited Florence Italy, last summer.
• The hurricanes, hit Tulsa Oklahoma, and Destin Florida.

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For each of the following, choose the sentence with the correct punctuation.

• While visiting the beach, we saw pelicans, stingrays, and iguanas.
• While visiting the beach, we saw: pelicans, stingrays, and iguanas.
• While visiting the beach: we saw pelicans, stingrays, and iguanas.

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Select the sentence that uses the semicolon correctly.

• You'll need to turn left on Cedar; it's the third house on the right.

• You'll need to turn left on Cedar, it's the third house on the right.

• You'll need to turn left on Cedar it's the third house on the right.

• You'll need to turn left on Cedar it's the third house; on the right.

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Select the sentence that uses the semicolon correctly.

• The garden contained; vegetables they will harvest them in fall.

• The garden contained vegetables; they will harvest them in fall.

• The garden contained vegetables they will; harvest them in fall.

• The garden contained vegetables, they will harvest them in fall.

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Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• We will go to recess and then we will go to class.

• We will go to recess, and, then, we will go to class.

• We will go to recess and then, we will go to class.

• We will go to recess, and then we will go to class.

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I had a few days off last week and I knew exactly where to spend them ___ the beach.

• :

• ;

• -

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Select the option where the apostrophe placement is most correct:

• My mother belongs to the womens club.

• My mother belong's to the womens club.

• My mother belongs to the women's club.

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Which choice is written correctly?

• Working into chalk on city sidewalks. He creates startling drawings that appear to be three-dimensional.

• Working with chalk on city sidewalks, he creates startling drawings they appear to be three-dimensional.

• Working with chalk on city sidewalks, he creates them. The startling drawings that appear to be three-dimensional.

• Working with chalk on city sidewalks, he creates startling drawings that appear to be three-dimensional.

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