Quiz: Semicolons

Add commas and/or semicolons where they are needed in the following sentence.

For all of the fill in the blank questions, type only the word before the needed comma and/or semicolon and the punctuation mark ( ; or ,) in the blank.

Scientists have explored almost all the lands on earth they are now exploring the floors of the oceans.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Add commas and/or semicolons where they are needed in the following sentence.

Some of the birds at the feeder were picky eaters; the blue jay for instance would eat only sunflower seeds.

• blue jay, for instance,

• Some, of the

• eat only, sunflower seeds

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Add commas and/or semicolons where they are needed in the following sentence.

For all of the fill in the blank questions, type only the word before the needed comma and/or semicolon and the punctuation mark ( ; or ,) in the blank.

St. Augustine, Florida, was the first European settlement in the United States the Spanish founded it in 1565.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Add commas and/or semicolons where they are needed in the following sentence.

For all of the fill in the blank questions, type only the word before the needed comma and/or semicolon and the punctuation mark ( ; or ,) in the blank.

Mike Powell set a world record for the long jump in 1991 his leap of 29 feet 4 1/2 inches beat Bob Beamon's 1968 record by 2 inches.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Add commas and/or semicolons where they are needed in the following sentence.

For all of the fill in the blank questions, type only the word before the needed comma and/or semicolon and the punctuation mark ( ; or ,) in the blank.

Some reptiles like a dry climate others prefer a wet climate.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Add commas and/or semicolons where they are needed in the following sentence. Select all that are correct.

We visited New Orleans Louisiana Natchez Mississippi and St. Louis Missouri.

• New Orleans, Louisiana

• St. Louis, Missouri

• Louisiana; Natchez

• Natchez, Mississippi

• Mississippi; and

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Add commas and/or semicolons where they are needed in the following sentence. Select all that are correct.

In April 1912, a new, "unsinkable" ocean liner, the Titanic, struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic as a result roughly 1,500 persons lost their lives.

• struck an, iceberg

• North Atlantic; as

• a result, roughly

• persons; lost

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Add commas and/or semicolons where they are needed in the following sentence. Select all that are correct.

The members of the swim team who won first place medals were Sam Foster, in the fifty-meter freestyle Philip Tucker, in the individual medley and Earl Sinclair, in the one-hundred-meter backstroke.

• freestyle; Philip

• medley; and

• swim team, who

• medley, and

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Add commas and/or semicolons where they are needed in the following sentence. Select all that are correct.

Joanna, your team will include Fred Marty and Manny and Josie Sam and Phuong will be on my team.

• Fred Marty, and Manny,

• Fred, Marty, and Manny;

• Josie, Sam, and

• Josie; Sam; and

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Add commas and/or semicolons where they are needed in the following sentence.

For all of the fill in the blank questions, type only the word before the needed comma and/or semicolon and the punctuation mark ( ; or ,) in the blank.

The kind of tuba that wraps around the player's body is actually called a sousaphone it was named for John Phillop Sousa, a famous band leader who came up with the idea of the shape.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A