Colons Semicolons and Dashes

In which sentence is a colon used correctly?

• Marisa: won several awards for her short stories last year.

• Have you ever seen a: horse in the wild?

• It hardly ever snows: in California, but it’s a beautiful place to live.

• Devon admires his uncle for two reasons: he’s great at rollerblading and building treehouses.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

In which sentence is a colon used correctly?

• Despite her father’s warnings: Talisah walked through the woods and touched poison ivy.

• Wearing long sleeves and tucking your pants into your socks: protects against poison ivy.

• You may recognize the common name of the plant Toxicodendron radicans: poison ivy.

• Talisah’s rash from the poison ivy: looked very uncomfortable.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

In which sentence is a semicolon used correctly?

• The zoo is home to bearded dragons; geckos; and caiman lizards.

• There are many different lizards at the zoo; red-headed agamas, bearded dragons, Gila Monsters and skinks.

• Many people love going to see lizards at the zoo; but it’s not my cup of tea.

• The zoo has a large collection of red-headed agama lizards; it recently got two caiman lizards, too.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

In the following sentence, where should a colon be added? I asked you to do one thing to bake a seven-layer wedding cake with buttercream frosting.

• after “you”

• after “bake”

• after “thing”

• after “cake”

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Correctly punctuate the sentence:

At the peace conference, the British received Canada from France __ they also received Florida from Spain.

• :

• ;

• -

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Correctly punctuate the sentence:

Maps have many features __ scales, legends, and symbols.

• :

• ;

• -

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

It is used to separate two clauses in a sentence.

• :

• ;

• -

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

to indicate an abrupt change of thought or a dramatic interruption, set off a important addition

• :

• ;

• -

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

to introduce a list, an example, a quotation, or a sentence that summarizes or explains the sentence before it

• ;

• :

• -

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

In this sentence it is used a:

The artist used only three colors—a brilliant technique!

• colon

• semicolon

• dashes

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A