Quiz: Semicolons

Quiz: Semicolons

8th Grade

10 Qs

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Quiz: Semicolons

Quiz: Semicolons

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Easy

Created by

Erin Izatt

Used 6+ times

FREE Resource

10 questions

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1.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

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

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

3.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

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

4.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

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.

5.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

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

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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

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

New Orleans, Louisiana

St. Louis, Missouri

Louisiana; Natchez

Natchez, Mississippi

Mississippi; and

7.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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

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

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