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Student Name: __________________
Part 1: Commas and Semicolons Exercises
Insert semicolons and commas as needed in the following
sentences:
1. Take care of the children the adults can take care of themselves.
2. It was not the hours or the wages that discouraged me it was the
constant monotony of the work.
3. There were two young elephants they needed to have the hairs
trimmed out of their noses.
4. It was ever so easy to build smoke stacks out of cardboard the hard
part was keeping the smoke stacks from burning up.
5. Irma was a very contented lady while she was swimming she
always grinned. Then she would flap her arms to and fro and grin
some more she was a sight to see.
6. She tried however she could not do it.
Part 2: Commas, Semicolons, and Colon Exercises
1. He has friends from Montana Iowa and Nebraska and Illinois is
his home state.
2. This is a difficult exercise but I am having fun.
3. Although this is a difficult exercise I am having fun.
4. This is a difficult exercise I am having fun though.
5. The man who is wearing dark glasses is an FBI undercover
agent.
6. That FBI agent who is wearing dark glasses once protected the
President.
7. Did you John eat my cake?
8. Did John eat my cake?
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9. Did his friend John eat my cake?
10.
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Did John his friend eat the cake?
11. If everything goes according to plan he will retire at 40 if real
estate prices continue to drop however he may have to work
until he is 65.
12. Golden retrievers, which are known to be gentle are also loyal.
13. Dogs that are gentle are often good family pets.
14. I would love to be rich and famous although fame has mixed
blessings.
15. I would love to be rich and famous and famous is the first
priority.
16. She chose the field of journalism because of Nellie Bly the first
woman reporter.
17. They built an adobe house but then they decided to move.
18.
They built an adobe house but then decided to move.
19. They built an adobe house however they decided to move.
20.
They built an adobe house because they decided never to
move again.
21. Since they moved to the desert they decided to build an adobe
house.
22.
Mr. Liu held this belief, if he worked hard, he would be
able to save enough money to travel to Madagascar and
photograph rarely seen animals.
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