Commas, Colons, and Semicolons

How is it one careless match can start a forest fire; but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
Is the semicolon used correctly?

• Yes
• No

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Is the following comma used correctly:
"Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you, but not in one ahead."

• Yes
• No

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What goes in the blank? 
Last night's rain left the tree-lined trail in the park wet and muddy ___ nevertheless, I enjoyed the fresh, clean air on my morning job.  

• semicolon
• colon
• comma
• none of the above

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

What goes in the blank? 
 
Since the Maya of Central America began eating a Western diet high in sugar in the 1950s___ their rate of diabetes has surged.

• semicolon
• colon
• comma
• none of the above

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What goes in the blank? 
 job.
 You can try several things to speed up your computer__ add more RAM, run a memory-cleaning application, check the antivirus software, and delete any unnecessary auto-start programs.

• semicolon
• colon
• comma
• none of the above

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CCSS.L.5.2A

What goes in the blank? 
Thomas Edison is remembered for inventing the phonograph and electric lightbulb, but he held more than one thousand patents for devices like ___an improved stock ticker, alkaline storage batteries, and an early movie camera.

• semicolon
• colon
• comma
• none of the above

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Which sentence is punctuated CORRECTLY?

• Mrs. Scott, our Texas history teacher, planned our trip to Austin. 
• Mrs. Scott, our Texas history teacher planned our trip to Austin. 

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which sentence is punctuated INCORRECTLY?

• Today, the track team is leaving early.
• We brought apples, oranges, pineapples, and grapes to the picnic.
• We bought a new puppy, his name is Fred. 

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

"The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are: composed entirely of lost airline luggage." Is the colon used correctly?

• Yes
• No

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Select the correctly punctuated sentence.

• The order was requested six weeks ago; therefore, I expected the shipment to arrive by now.
• The order was requested six weeks ago, therefore. I expected the shipment to arrive by now.
• The order was requested: six weeks ago, therefore, I expected the shipment to arrive by now.
• The order was requested six weeks ago: therefore, I expected the shipment, to arrive by now.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A