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Grade 9 Colons and Semicolons
Choose the correct sentence.
  1. You will need: the following ingredients milk, sugar, and eggs.
  2. You will need the following ingredients: milk, sugar, and eggs.
  3. You will need the following ingredients milk, sugar, and eggs.
  4. You will need the following: ingredients milk, sugar, and eggs.
Grade 9 Colons and Semicolons CCSS: CCRA.L.2, L.9-10.2, L.9-10.2a
Choose the sentence that is written correctly.
  1. Road construction in Dallas has hindered travel around town streets have become covered with bulldozers, trucks, and cones.
  2. Road construction in Dallas has hindered travel around town; streets have become covered with bulldozers, trucks, and cones.
  3. Road construction in Dallas has hindered travel around town streets have become covered with bulldozers trucks, and cones.
  4. Road construction in Dallas has; hindered travel around town streets have become covered with bulldozers trucks, and cones.
Grade 9 Colons and Semicolons
Choose the sentence that is punctuated correctly.
  1. The storm struck with savage, fury; it demolished most of the coastal town.
  2. The storm struck with savage fury; it: demolished most of the coastal town.
  3. The storm struck with savage fury it demolished most of the coastal town.
  4. The storm struck with savage fury; it demolished most of the coastal town.
Grade 9 Colons and Semicolons
Choose the correct sentence.
  1. I gave you: the spray bottles for one reason to clean the windows
  2. I gave you the spray bottles: for one reason to clean the windows
  3. I gave you the spray bottles for one reason to clean the windows
  4. I gave you the spray bottles for one reason: to clean the windows
Grade 9 Colons and Semicolons
Choose the sentence that is written correctly.
  1. Janie easily got an A on the test; she studied very hard.
  2. Janie easily got an A; on the test she studied very hard.
  3. Janie easily got an A on the test she studied very hard.
  4. Janie easily got an A on the test she studied; very hard.
Grade 9 Colons and Semicolons
Choose the sentence that is punctuated correctly.

The storm struck with savage fury, but our house was not damaged at all.
  1. The storm struck with savage fury, but our house was not damaged at all.
  2. The storm struck with savage fury but, our house was not damaged at all.
  3. The storm struck with savage fury but our house was not damaged at all.
  4. The storm struck with savage fury, but; our house was not damaged at all.
Grade 9 Colons and Semicolons
A semicolon was not originally used to mark abbreviations.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 9 Colons and Semicolons
In a business letter, a                 is used after the salutation.
  1. semicolon
  2. comma
  3. period
  4. colon
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