1. First, I delivered papers, then I practiced soccer.
2. Dan, I know you are tired, but the laundry is waiting.
3. Phillip, Homer, and Carla wrote poetry, Luis wrote a play.
4. The steady rain continued, yet nobody cared
5. Helen, please sing the soprano part Jean will sing the alto part.
6. Some of us marched others, like John, rode on a float.
Some of the following sentences need semicolons. Above the sentence, write the semicolon
and the words before and after it. In some sentences, semicolons will replace commas. If a sentence
already has correct punctuation, write C on the line provided.
1. PAPERS; THEN
2. CORRECT
3. POETRY; LUIS
4. CONTINUED; YET
5. PART; JEAN
6. MARCHED; OTHERS
All your corrections are right except 4.
1. PAPERS; THEN (Correct - no need for semicolon)
2. CORRECT (No need for semicolon - sentence is already punctuated correctly)
3. PHILLIP, HOMER, AND CARLA; LUIS (Replace comma with semicolon)
4. CONTINUED; YET (Correct - semicolon used correctly)
5. PART; JEAN (Replace comma with semicolon)
6. MARCHED; OTHERS (Correct - semicolon used correctly)
1. Papers; then (insert semicolon after "papers" to replace the comma)
2. C (no need for a semicolon or comma)
3. Poetry; Luis (insert semicolon after "poetry" to replace the comma)
4. C (no need for a semicolon or comma)
5. Part; Jean (insert semicolon after "part" to replace the comma)
6. Marched; others (insert semicolon after "marched" to replace the comma)