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WorksheetsPUNCTUATION colons, dashes, hyphens, and parentheses.
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 15mins
Use (a) to separate items in a series that is complicated by internal
commas
Use a (a) to signal a dramatic shift in tone or thought.
used to join two or more words together that are being used to describe a noun.
used to join two or more words together that are being used to describe a noun.
COLONS
dashes
parenthesis
semicolons
hyphens
Introduce a list
COLONS
dashes
parentheses
semicolons
hyphens
Draw a semicolon
Used between two complete sentences that are related.
colon
semicolon
hypen
dash
are used to set off information that is useful but not essential to the meaning of
the sentence.
(a)
A dramatic pause or special emphasis is how which of the following is used?
Dash
Hyphen
Use the between two sentences linked by a transitional expression.
colon
hyphen
used
in some compound words and with some prefixes (all-, ex-, self-) and suffixes.
COLONS
DASHES
HYPHENS
PARENTHESES
Found before a summarizing phrase or clause that follows a
list.
PARENTHESES
COLONS
HYPHENS
DASHES
after a complete sentence to direct attention to an appositive or an
illustrative sentence
Semicolon
Colon
Comma
Dash
interrupts the flow of the sentence
Hyphen
Italic
Dash
Colon
Semicolon
separate two adjectives when the order of the adjectives is interchangeable.
Comma
Colon
Semicolon
Hyphen
yes
____ followed by a FANBOY or _____ can be used interchangeable at times
Colon
Comma
Dash
Hyphen
Semicolon
(a) is used with numbers and
to divide a word between syllables at the end of a line.
