Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.

I was in: Boston, Massachusetts; Atlanta, Georgia; and Denver, Colorado.

Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.

The professor said this, “Always proofread your work before submitting it.”

Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.

The recipe calls for the following ingredients: flour, sugar and butter.

Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.

The car, which was parked on the street, had a flat tire.

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Before the sun sets, we need to finish our work.

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The teacher, who has been working here for ten years, is retiring.

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No, I don’t think that’s a good idea.

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There are two things I enjoy most: traveling and reading.

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She wanted to go to the party; however, she had too much work to do.

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After the movie ended, we went out for ice cream.

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There is one thing I know for sure: I will never stop learning.

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I wanted to go for a walk: it was raining outside.

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Comma, Semicolon and Colon

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1
Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.
I was in Boston, Massachusetts; Atlanta, Georgia; and Denver, Colorado.
I was in: Boston, Massachusetts, Atlanta, Georgia, and Denver, Colorado.
I was in: Boston Massachusetts; Atlanta Georgia; and Denver Colorado.
I was in: Boston, Massachusetts; Atlanta, Georgia; and Denver, Colorado.
2
Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.
The professor said this; “Always proofread your work before submitting it.”
The professor said this, “Always proofread your work before submitting it.”
The professor said this: “Always proofread your work before submitting it.”
The professor: said this “Always proofread your work before submitting it.”
3
Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.
The recipe calls for the following ingredients flour, sugar, and butter.
The recipe calls for the following ingredients flour, sugar and butter.
The recipe calls for the following ingredients: flour, sugar and butter.
The recipe calls for the following ingredients; flour, sugar and butter.
4
This is a semicolon (;).
False
True
5
Use a _______________ after introductory words or phrases.
Semicolon
Comma
Colon
6
Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.
I have a meeting at 10:00 a.m.
I have a: meeting at 10:00 a.m.
I have a meeting at: 10:00 a.m.
I have a meeting: at 10:00 a.m.
7
Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.
The car: which was parked on the street had a flat tire.
The car, which was parked on the street, had a flat tire.
The car which was parked on the street, had a flat tire.
The car, which was parked on the street had a flat tire.
8
It allows you to combine 2 ideas.
Comma
Semicolon
Colon
9
How many rules were discussed for the use of the colon?
6
5
4
7
10
Use it to separate elements in dates.
Colon
Semicolon
Comma
11
It has similar use to a comma.
Semicolon
Colon
12
The comma will put a pause in your sentence.
True
False
13
It can join two clauses using transitional words.
Colon
Comma
Semicolon
14
Semicolon, Colon and Comma are used to separate elements in lists.
False
True
15
Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.
Before the sun sets, we need to finish our work.
Before the sun sets we need: to finish our work.
Before the sun sets we, need to finish our work.
Before the sun sets, we need to finish our: work.
16
Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.
The teacher, who has been working here for ten years is retiring.
The teacher who has been working here for ten years is retiring.
The teacher, who has been working here for ten years, is retiring.
The teacher who has been working here for ten years, is retiring.
17
Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.
No: I don’t think that’s a good idea.
No, I don’t think that’s a good idea.
No; I don’t think that’s a good idea.
No I don’t think that’s, a good idea.
18
Use a colon to show the relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows
False
True
19
Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.
There are two things I enjoy most: traveling and reading.
There are two things: I enjoy most traveling and reading.
There are two: things I enjoy most traveling and reading.
There are two things I enjoy: most traveling and reading.
20
Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.
She wanted to go to the party; however, she had too much work to do.
She wanted; to go to the party however, she had too much work to do.
She wanted to go to the party however, she had too much work to do.
She wanted to go to; the party however, she had too much work to do.
21
Use it in time expressions.
Comma
Colon
Semicolon
22
Select which one is the colon.
/
,
;
:
23
Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.
After, the movie, ended we went out for ice cream.
After the movie ended, we went out for ice cream.
After the movie, ended we went out for ice cream.
After, the movie ended we went out for ice cream.
24
Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.
There is one thing I know for sure: I will never stop learning.
There is one thing; I know for sure I will never stop learning.
There is one thing I know for sure I will never stop: learning.
There is one thing: I know for sure I will never stop learning.
25
Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.
I wanted to go for a walk it was, raining outside.
I wanted: to go for a walk it was raining outside.
I wanted to go: for a walk it was raining outside.
I wanted to go for a walk: it was raining outside.

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Comma, Semicolon and Colon

25 termsStudBud Administration57 plays

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Questions 25

Answers

1
Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.
I was in Boston, Massachusetts; Atlanta, Georgia; and Denver, Colorado.
I was in: Boston, Massachusetts, Atlanta, Georgia, and Denver, Colorado.
I was in: Boston Massachusetts; Atlanta Georgia; and Denver Colorado.
I was in: Boston, Massachusetts; Atlanta, Georgia; and Denver, Colorado.
2
Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.
The professor said this; “Always proofread your work before submitting it.”
The professor said this, “Always proofread your work before submitting it.”
The professor said this: “Always proofread your work before submitting it.”
The professor: said this “Always proofread your work before submitting it.”
3
Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.
The recipe calls for the following ingredients flour, sugar, and butter.
The recipe calls for the following ingredients flour, sugar and butter.
The recipe calls for the following ingredients: flour, sugar and butter.
The recipe calls for the following ingredients; flour, sugar and butter.
4
This is a semicolon (;).
False
True
5
Use a _______________ after introductory words or phrases.
Semicolon
Comma
Colon
6
Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.
I have a meeting at 10:00 a.m.
I have a: meeting at 10:00 a.m.
I have a meeting at: 10:00 a.m.
I have a meeting: at 10:00 a.m.
7
Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.
The car: which was parked on the street had a flat tire.
The car, which was parked on the street, had a flat tire.
The car which was parked on the street, had a flat tire.
The car, which was parked on the street had a flat tire.
8
It allows you to combine 2 ideas.
Comma
Semicolon
Colon
9
How many rules were discussed for the use of the colon?
6
5
4
7
10
Use it to separate elements in dates.
Colon
Semicolon
Comma
11
It has similar use to a comma.
Semicolon
Colon
12
The comma will put a pause in your sentence.
True
False
13
It can join two clauses using transitional words.
Colon
Comma
Semicolon
14
Semicolon, Colon and Comma are used to separate elements in lists.
False
True
15
Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.
Before the sun sets, we need to finish our work.
Before the sun sets we need: to finish our work.
Before the sun sets we, need to finish our work.
Before the sun sets, we need to finish our: work.
16
Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.
The teacher, who has been working here for ten years is retiring.
The teacher who has been working here for ten years is retiring.
The teacher, who has been working here for ten years, is retiring.
The teacher who has been working here for ten years, is retiring.
17
Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.
No: I don’t think that’s a good idea.
No, I don’t think that’s a good idea.
No; I don’t think that’s a good idea.
No I don’t think that’s, a good idea.
18
Use a colon to show the relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows
False
True
19
Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.
There are two things I enjoy most: traveling and reading.
There are two things: I enjoy most traveling and reading.
There are two: things I enjoy most traveling and reading.
There are two things I enjoy: most traveling and reading.
20
Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.
She wanted to go to the party; however, she had too much work to do.
She wanted; to go to the party however, she had too much work to do.
She wanted to go to the party however, she had too much work to do.
She wanted to go to; the party however, she had too much work to do.
21
Use it in time expressions.
Comma
Colon
Semicolon
22
Select which one is the colon.
/
,
;
:
23
Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.
After, the movie, ended we went out for ice cream.
After the movie ended, we went out for ice cream.
After the movie, ended we went out for ice cream.
After, the movie ended we went out for ice cream.
24
Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.
There is one thing I know for sure: I will never stop learning.
There is one thing; I know for sure I will never stop learning.
There is one thing I know for sure I will never stop: learning.
There is one thing: I know for sure I will never stop learning.
25
Select the sentence with the correct punctuation mark.
I wanted to go for a walk it was, raining outside.
I wanted: to go for a walk it was raining outside.
I wanted to go: for a walk it was raining outside.
I wanted to go for a walk: it was raining outside.