
Colons & Semi-Colons
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English
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7th - 12th Grade
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7 Slides • 9 Questions
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Language Skills
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Multiple Choice
We have two options here stay and fight, or run like the wind.
Where should the colon go?
Between two & options
Between options & here
Between here & stay
Between stay & fight
Between fight & or
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Multiple Choice
When I graduate, I want to go to Rome, Israel and Egypt.
Where should the colon go?
Between graduate & I
Between want & to
Between to & Rome
There shouldn't be a colon in this sentence.
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Multiple Choice
There are two types of people in this world people who think Harry Potter is the best thing ever created, and people who are wrong.
Where should the colon go?
Between world & people
Between is & the
Between created & and
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Multiple Select
I bought shiny, ripe apples, small, sweet, juicy grapes, and firm pears.
Where should the semi-colons go?
Between shiny & ripe
Between apples & small
Between small & sweet
Between sweet & juicy
Between grapes & firm
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Multiple Select
This week's winners are Joe from Reno, Nevada, Diane from Phoenix, Arizona, and Matt from Irvine, California.
Where should the semi-colons go?
Between Reno & Nevada
Between Nevada & Diane
Between Phoenix & Arizona
Between Arizona & and
Between Irvine & California
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Multiple Choice
Martha has gone to the library Andrew has gone to play soccer.
Where should the semi-colon go?
Between gone & to the library
Between library & Andrew
Between Andrew & has gone to play
Between gone & to play
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Multiple Choice
At the grocery store, I bought a ton of fruit apples, grapes and pears were on sale.
Where should the semi-colon go?
Between store & I
Between fruit & apples
Between apples & grapes
Between pears & to were
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Multiple Choice
That's a difficult question, in other words, I'm not going to answer it.
Where should the semi-colon go?
Between question & in
Between words & I'm
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Multiple Choice
The man pleaded innocent, his face, however, looked as guilty as sin.
Where should the semi-colon go?
Between innocent & his
Between face & however
Between however & looked
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