Place at least one colon or semicolon into each of the following sentences as necessary.1 Listen to me carefully I will not repeat this again.2 Invitations were sent to most of the group Abigail, Amit, Spencer and Minh.3 We went to the food court for lunch there was a multitude of delicious possibilities.4 Some of my favourite books are Boy, Roald Dahl The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien and Charlotte’sWeb, EB White.5 The boat worked as well as expected it sank.A colon (:) is a punctuation mark that is used to connect two parts of a sentence.Colons are used after a clause to introduce a list.I packed my bag with everything I would need: textbooks, a notepad, a pencil caseand my diary.A colon can also be used to give additional information about the first part of a sentence.Maria was annoyed: the surprise had been ruined.A semicolon (;) is a punctuation mark that separates two related clauses that are closelyconnected and can stand alone as individual sentences. The semicolon shows that there is aclear relationship between the two ideas being expressed by the sentences. It indicates a breakthat is longer than a comma, but shorter than a full stop.A semicolon can also be used to break up information in a complex list, such as a list that alsocontains commas.The queue at the organic vegetable stand was enormous; it has always been oneof the most popular stalls at the market.They visited Melbourne, Victoria; Sydney, New South Wales; and Brisbane, Queensland.There is one food I love above all others: broccoli.Video tutorial
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Place at least one colon or semicolon into each of the following sentences as necessary.1 Listen to me carefully I will not repeat this again.2 Invitations were sent to most of the group Abigail, Amit, Spencer and Minh.3 We went to the food court for lunch there was a multitude of delicious possibilities.4 Some of my favourite books are Boy, Roald Dahl The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien and Charlotte’sWeb, EB White.5 The boat worked as well as expected it sank.A colon (:) is a punctuation mark that is used to connect two parts of a sentence.Colons are used after a clause to introduce a list.I packed my bag with everything I would need: textbooks, a notepad, a pencil caseand my diary.A colon can also be used to give additional information about the first part of a sentence.Maria was annoyed: the surprise had been ruined.A semicolon (;) is a punctuation mark that separates two related clauses that are closelyconnected and can stand alone as individual sentences. The semicolon shows that there is aclear relationship between the two ideas being expressed by the sentences. It indicates a breakthat is longer than a comma, but shorter than a full stop.A semicolon can also be used to break up information in a complex list, such as a list that alsocontains commas.The queue at the organic vegetable stand was enormous; it has always been oneof the most popular stalls at the market.They visited Melbourne, Victoria; Sydney, New South Wales; and Brisbane, Queensland.There is one food I love above all others: broccoli.Video tutorial
Solution
- Listen to me carefully; I will not repeat this again.
- Invitations were sent to most of the group: Abigail, Amit, Spencer, and Minh.
- We went to the food court for lunch; there was a multitude of delicious possibilities.
- Some of my favourite books are: Boy, Roald Dahl; The Hobbit, JRR Tolkien; and Charlotte’s Web, EB White.
- The boat worked as well as expected: it sank.
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