

Semicolon Warmup 1/18
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English
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KG
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Practice Problem
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Medium
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Standards-aligned
Mary Rubio
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3 Slides • 5 Questions
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Semicolons & Colons
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Complete/Incomplete Thoughts Review
Distinguishing between complete and incomplete thoughts is important when determining when to use semicolons and colons. Let's see what we remember.
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Multiple Choice
Is the red portion of the text a complete or incomplete thought: After Coach G fed his dog a treat, it wagged its tail happily.
Complete
Incomplete
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Multiple Choice
Is the red portion of the text a complete or incomplete thought: Until I learn how to braid hair, Andy won't let me work at his barber shop. Remember, an incomplete thought is a dependent clause.
Complete
Incomplete
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Semicolons Refresher
Used to link two related thoughts
Used with two COMPLETE thoughts - you will never use a semicolon to join a complete thought with an incomplete thought
No comma or conjunction necessary
Example: I love the rain; I find it peaceful and relaxing.
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Multiple Choice
Which punctuation should go between the red and blue text? The stamps in his stamp collection were of great quality _ they were also hard to find.
Comma
Semicolon
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Multiple Choice
Which punctuation should go between the red and blue text? Some of the volunteers truly cared about the cause _ others were just hoping to impress their boss.
Period
Semicolon
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Multiple Choice
Which punctuation should go between the red and blue text? We can go to the library to do our research _ Mondays are pretty quiet there.
Comma
Semicolon
Semicolons & Colons
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