Commas
Use commas when listing this number or more items in a series.
What is three?
Semicolons can only be used to combine clauses when both clauses are this.
What is independent?
When you have about two minutes left in the test, you ensure you do this.
What is answer every question?
Although he had never seen the movie, he _____ it was stupid. After seeing it, though, he loved it.
A. thinks
B. has thought
C. had thought
D. will think
What is C, had thought?
To combine two independent clauses, use a comma as well as a member of this acronym.
What is FANBOYS?
It's the word that a colon should follow in this sentence: I think I know who killed the millionaire the butler.
What is "millionaire"?
It's approximately the number of minutes you should spend on each passage of the English portion of the ACT. (45 minutes, 5 passages, 15 questions per passage).
What is nine minutes?
It's the correctly conjugated verb that goes into the blank here: After the teacher asks the question, one of the boys ____ his hand reluctantly.
What is raises?
Use commas to offset this type of information, as seen in this example: Her brother, a filmmaker, lives in Los Angeles.
What is nonessential?
When using a colon, an independent clause must be at least in this location.
What is before the colon?
When asked to choose which verb choice is correct, check the [this] of the verbs in the rest of the sentence.
What is tense?
It's the FANBOYS that makes the most sense in the blank: The poet's father had just passed away, __ she dedicated her book to him.
What is so?
It's the word that a comma should follow in this sentence: Walking in late the student apologized to the teacher.
What is "late"?
Use semicolons to separate items in a series when one or more of the items already contains this punctuation mark.
What is a comma?
When two or more answer choices are [this word], they are likely not the correct answer, since they mean the same thing.
What are synonyms?
It's the punctuation mark that goes in the blank here: One thing to never forget--though many people do__ is to be kind.
What is a dash?
Use commas when using multiple of these parts of speech, such as in this example: The book is about a big, scary monster.
What are adjectives?
It's the punctuation mark that's missing after "do" in this sentence: I have one thing to do to look for her.
What is a colon?
When a question seems to be asking about concision of language, the correct answer is usually the one that is this.
What is shortest?
It's the correctly spelled possessive pronoun that belongs in the blank: Do you know ____ pencil this is?
What is whose?