Commas or Semicolons
In a series of three or more items, what is the punctuation mark used to separate the items?
What is a comma?
What is the past tense of the verb "sing"?
What is "sang"?
What is a more expanded version of the answer?
In the ACT, this means that the question is correct as it is stated.
What is NO CHANGE
When should you use a semicolon instead of a comma in a sentence?
What is to join two closely related independent clauses without a conjunction?
What is the future tense of the verb "eat"?
What is "will eat"?
My buddies made fun of me nibbling a Sassafras leaf, which was a habit of mine, even though this tea leaf was once a key ingredient in root beer.
Given that all the choices are true, which one reveals the writer's purpose of the young man's actions?
A NO CHANGE
B So I would tease them back later for their reluctance to try the leaf
C So we would return to the game of kick the can
D The leaf that comes in a variety of shapes
What is B?
So that I would tease them back later for their reluctance to try the leaf?
This appears under a word or a series of words that acts as the question.
What is UNDERLINE?
Correct the following sentence: "After we eat we will go to the park."
What is "After we eat, we will go to the park."?
What is the past tense of the verb "drive"?
What is drove?
This means the intention of the passage by the author.
What is the purpose? Or other acceptable definitions.
This ACT test is 35 minutes long with 50 questions.
What is the English test?
Rewrite the following sentence using a semicolon: "I need to finish my homework, then I will go to the gym."
What is "I need to finish my homework; then I will go to the gym"?
What is the past tense form of the verb "to run"?
What is ran?
It began in the summer of 1976, Francisca Baca led the creation of what is likely the longest mural in the world.
A) NO CHANGE
B) With a beginning
C) For it to begin
D) Beginning
What is D?
What is Beginning?
This word means to look at the relationship between the previous paragraph to the next paragraph.
What is transition?
Provide an example sentence where a comma is used to separate items in a series of adjectives.
What is "She wore a long, flowing, red dress"?
Provide an example sentence using the past tense.
What is: "She finished her homework when her friends arrived"?
My grandmother used to have us dig up pieces of Sassafras roots, so she could make the scented tea that we liked so much.
Which choice would most clearly emphasize that the narrator's memory of the tea is a positive one?
A) NO CHANGE
B) aromatic
C) odorous
D) pungent
What is B "aromatic?
The prefix for BEFORE and AFTER
What is pre and post?