Punctuating Independent Clauses Quiz

An independent clause cannot stand alone as a sentence.

• True

• False

There is a subject and a predicate in both independent and dependent clauses.

• True

• False

Check the ways to punctuate two independent clauses (select 4 answers)

• Dash

• Period

• Comma + FANBOYS

• Colon

• Semicolon

When using a semicolon...check all that apply. (select 2 answers)

• Both sides must relate.

• The second clause must be an explanation.

• Both sides must be complete.

• The first part must be a complete thought.

• The first part must begin with a dependent signal word.

A colon CAN follow...(mark only one)

• Verb

• Noun

• Preposition

Even the parts of a chili vary the seeds and veins of a pepper are hotter than the flesh. (mark only one)

• NO CHANGE

• vary;

• vary but

This collection, Bamboo Among the Oaks, features the fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama of twenty-two Mnong-Americans. (mark only one)

• NO CHANGE

• features:

• featured,

The campus tour included four stops the dorm, library, athletic center, and Admission's Office. (mark only one)

• NO CHANGE

• included:

• stops:

When studying for the test I highlighted my notes and crammed all night. (mark only one)

• NO CHANGE

• tests;

• test,

One significant aspect of this relationship was: that Susan was perhaps the only reader of Emily's poems in progress. (mark only one)

• NO CHANGE

• was that Susan

• was, that Susan