Comma and Semicolon

Ariel had shelves for her spoons, knives, and forks her plates, bowls, and cups and her candlesticks and picture frames.

• comma after candlesticks

• semicolons after forks and cups

• semicolon after forks

• no change

Dobby was clearly destined to be the chosen one however, Bellatrix changed all that.

• comma after Dobby

• semicolon after one

• comma after Bellatrix

• no change

Do or do not there is no try.

• comma after there

• comma after do

• semicolon after not

• no change

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

• You asked for forgiveness, he granted it to you.

• You asked for forgiveness; he granted it to you.

• You asked for forgiveness he granted it to you.

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

• She said she loved the book; so, I gave it to her.

• She said she loved the book, so I gave it to her.

• She said she loved the book so I gave it to her.

Correct the following comma splice: John is a good swimmer, Jane is a good runner.

Correct the following comma splice:

Mary opened the door, Jack went for the snacks

Correct the following run-on sentence:

Elena came to the meeting but Pablo stayed home

Dean clearly said "Huh... Whuh..."

• comma after Dean

• comma after clearly

• comma after said

• no change

Where should the semicolon be placed? 

After school, I went to the play rehearsal then, I studied in the library for an hour.