Colons, Semicolons and Dashes

Choose the sentence that uses the semicolon correctly.

• Lenny; knocked several times no one came to the door. 

• Lenny knocked several times no one came; to the door.

• Lenny knocked several times; no one came to the door.

Which sentence correctly uses the semicolon?

• I invited Lila and Ben to my; party Cindy and Mike also came.

• I invited Lila and Ben to my party Cindy; and Mike also came.

• I invited Lila and Ben to my party Cindy and; Mike also came.

• I invited Lila and Ben to my party; Cindy and Mike also came.

Which sentence use the dash correctly?

• The museums, the culture, the food--this is what brought them to France.

• The museums, the culture, the food this is--what brought them to France.

• The museums, the culture, the food this is what brought them to-- France.

• The museums, the culture, --the food this is what brought them to France.

Which is true about colons?

• They are only used to end a list.

• They can be used to introduce a list.

• They are used between all items in a list.

• They can be used instead of a comma when listing things.

Which sentence uses the colon correctly?

• I need to go to the store: for milk, bananas, and eggs

• I: need milk, bananas, and eggs: at the store.

• I need to get: some milk bananas, and eggs at the store.

• I need these items at the store: milk, bananas, and eggs.

Which of the following is NOT a reason to use dashes?

• to confuse the reader
• to show an abrupt interruption
• to show the character's thoughts
• to create suspense

Which punctuation mark is the colon?

• :

• ;

• ,

• "

Which punctuation mark is the semicolon?

• --

• :

• %

• ;

True or False: Hyphens and dashes are the same thing.

• true

• false

True or False: A colon is used when writing ratios.

• True

• False