ACT punctuation practice

Get me this stuff____tape, eye drops, and one yellow tomato.

• colon

• semicolon

• comma

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.L.9-10.2B

After a long debate about who wrecked the car___ my brother finally confessed.

• semicolon

• comma

• dash

• colon

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

And surely it is human to forget ____ to even want to forget.

• comma

• hyphen

• semicolon

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

While I was cleaning the fish tank, I moved some rocks ___ and I accidentally crushed one of the snails.

• semicolon

• colon

• comma

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

I lived in Master Hugh's family about seven years____during this time, I succeeded in learning to read and write.

• comma

• semicolon

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

We learned in history class that slavery was detrimental to both white and black Americans; mainly because it prevented Upward Mobility.

• Compound Sentence

• Complex Sentence

I was so tired, and there was so much camping gear to load (tents, backpacks, and kayaks) that I told my boyfriend he had to figure it out himself.

• correct

• needs revision

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CCSS.W.9-10.4

CCSS.W.9-10.5

It was time to buy a new vehicle___and I told my dad I had to have a car that was fast, shiny, and economical.

• colon

• comma

I wanted to go to Dalton's party___yet something in my gut told me there was going to be trouble that night, and I'd be better off staying home.

• semicolonq

• comma

• hyphen

• dash

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Benjamin Franklin was known for his sayings called aphorisms. Here's one of his most famous___"He who falls in love with himself shall have no rivals." That's hilarious.

• comma

• dash

• colon

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B