Name: ___________________________
;
Using Semicolons in a Series
;
Rewrite each sentence below adding a semicolon in the correct place.
1. On our vacation we will visit Paris, France Rome, Italy and Vienna, Austria.
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2. The three color combinations for the house are red, beige, and green blue, white, and yellow or
brown, blue, and red.
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3. The plane stopped in Chicago, Illinois Atlanta, Georgia and Houston, Texas.
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4. The dinner choices were a steak, potatoes, and spinach a hamburger, fruit salad, and beans or
chicken, rice, and peas.
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5. The students on each three-player team were James, Amy, and Paul Violet, William, and Meg and
Brett, Tara, and Casey.
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6. July 4, 1776 December 7, 1941 and September 11, 2001 are important dates in U.S. history.
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Key
Name: ___________________________
;
Using Semicolons in a Series
;
Rewrite each sentence below adding a semicolon in the correct place.
1. On our vacation we will visit Paris, France Rome, Italy and Vienna, Austria.
On our vacation we will visit Paris, France; Rome, Italy; and Vienna, Austria.
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___________________________________________________________________________
2. The three color combinations for the house are red, beige, and green blue, white, and yellow or
brown, blue, and red.
The three color combinations for the house are red, beige, and green; blue,
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white, and yellow; or brown, blue, and red.
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3. The plane stopped in Chicago, Illinois Atlanta, Georgia and Houston, Texas.
The plane stopped in Chicago, Illinois; Atlanta, Georgia; and
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Houston, Texas.
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4. The dinner choices were a steak, potatoes, and spinach a hamburger, fruit salad, and beans or
chicken, rice, and peas.
The dinner choices were a steak, potatoes, and spinach; a hamburger, fruit
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salad, and beans; or chicken, rice, and peas.
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5. The students on each three-player team were James, Amy, and Paul Violet, William, and Meg and
Brett, Tara, and Casey.
The students on each three-player team were James, Amy, and Paul;
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Violet, William, and Meg; and Brett, Tara, and Casey.
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6. July 4, 1776 December 7, 1941 and September 11, 2001 are important dates in U.S. history.
July 4, 1776; December 7, 1941; and September 11, 2001 are important
___________________________________________________________________________
dates in U.S. history.
___________________________________________________________________________
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