

Semi-colons
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English
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5th - 6th Grade
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Practice Problem
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Easy
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Kwame Mensah
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Semi-colons

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Open Ended
Look at the sentence below. What is wrong with the punctuation.
For the exams children need to bring three sharpened pencils; four blue pens; three pieces of erasers and a packet of colour pencils.
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Open Ended
Add semicolons to the sentence below:
I need the following items for my cake: a cup of whole grain flour six cubes of frozen butter three cups of fresh milk and a quarter cup of sugar.
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They also need to be related.
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Open Ended
Use a semi-colon to join these two sentences:
Jones loves Manchester United. Yaw hates them.
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Semi-colons have been used in the sentence below.
Determine the problem in the sentence.
Maltiti slept late last night; It is a beautiful day today.
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Maltiti slept late last night; It is a beautiful day today.
Evene thoough the two clauses are independednt, they are not related.
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