WorksheetsSEMICOLONS
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 26mins
Dad is going bald his hair is getting thinner and thinner.
Which sentence is correct?
1. The man forgot one important detail; the key was locked inside the safe.
1. The man forgot one important; detail the key was locked inside the safe.
1. The man forgot one important detail the key was locked; inside the safe.
The library board met on Thursday, and it was an emergency meeting.
Choose the correct answer:
The first consequence is a warning; after that it is a lunch detention.
The first consequence is a warning; after that, it is a lunch detention.
The first consequence is a warning; and after that it is a lunch detention.
A semicolon looks like (Look closely!):
;
:
,
~
Is this a semicolon?
Yes
No
Is this a semicolon?
Yes
No
Insert a semicolon...
She walked for (1) days on end (2) her body was (3) tired and (4) broken.
1
2
3
4
Which sentence uses punctuation correctly?
For the field trip I packed a lot stuff.
For the field trip; I packed a lot stuff.
For the field trip, I packed a lot stuff.
For the field trip I packed a lot stuff;
Which sentence uses punctuation correctly?
Like James Forten many successful African Americans worked to abolish slavery.
Like James Forten many successful African, Americans worked to abolish slavery.
Like, James Forten many successful African Americans worked to abolish slavery.
Like James Forten, many successful African Americans worked to abolish slavery.
Which question uses punctuation correctly?
The sailors on the ship were from Malvern, PA; Trenton, NJ; Baltimore, MD, and St Louis, MO.
The sailors on the ship were from Malvern, PA; Trenton, NJ; Baltimore, MD; and St. Louis, MO.
The sailors on the ship were from Malvern, PA, Trenton, NJ, Baltimore, MD, and St Louis, MO.
The sailors on the ship were from Malvern PA, Trenton NJ, Baltimore MD, and St. Louis MO.
Edgar Allan Poe used a strange subject for one of his stories: a cask of wine.
This sentence uses a colon correctly.
This sentence does NOT use a colon correctly.
Teachers love many things; especially writing on whiteboards.
This sentence uses a semicolon correctly.
This sentence does NOT use a semicolon correctly.
I've been on vacation to: Hawaii, Idaho, and Alaska.
This sentence uses a colon correctly.
This sentence does NOT use a colon correctly.
There were five doughnuts left this morning, but now there are none.
