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Punctuation: Colons and Semi-Colons
Colons and Semi-Colons must be two of the most misused punctuation marks in the English language! This effective presentation does a good job of spelling out when these punctuation marks should be used, and gives learners many...
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Clutter Busters
Commas, colons, and semicolons truly are the "clutter busters" of the written world. Students see many examples of how each are properly used, then must identify the sentence in each slide that uses these punctuation marks in the correct...
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Colon and Semicolon Rules
Are your kids always mixing up the colon and the semicolon? Help make their purpose clear with this short presentation. Thirteen slides offer explanations, examples, and a short practice opportunity. Although it serves its purpose, the...
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Punctuation Exercise
Are you looking for a way to practice tricky punctuation? Use this worksheet as a homework assignment or warm-up activity. Young grammarians are given 20 sentences to punctuate using semicolons, colons, dashes, quotation marks, or...
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Colons, Dashes, Hyphens, and Parentheses
When should you use a colon, dash, or hyphen? Middle schoolers insert different types of punctuation marks into given sentences. Rules for usage are included in each example.
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Colons: Where Should They Go?
Using colons properly can be tricky. This resource explores the use of this form of punctuation in lists, dialogue, and more. While only a cursory look at the topic, there is a quiz at the end to check for learners' understanding of the...
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Punctuation
As a short review of punctuation, such as the use of commas and semicolons, this presentation could be helpful in an upper elementary classroom. The series of slides defines each term and provides examples.
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English Exercises: Punctuation Marks
In this punctuation mark interactive worksheet, students in the proper punctuation in each of 10 sentences. They insert commas, periods, question marks, semi-colons, colons, or apostrophes as needed in the sentences. They submit their...
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Using Colons and Semi-colons
How do you know when to use a semicolon versus a colon? Middle and high schoolers choose between a colon and a semicolon to correctly punctuate sentences. They must complete 10 sentences, either electronically or on a printout.
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Colons
Clarify colon misconceptions with this explanatory handout. Get into the nitty-gritty of grammar with multiple examples of the proper use of the colon. While this isn't an interactive handout, it could be used as a grammar guide for your...
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Using a Colon for Time
In this colon learning exercise, students rewrite sentences with the numbers and a colon to represent the time. Students complete 12 problems total.
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Using a Colon to Introduce a List
In this colon worksheet, students form sentences with colons to introduce lists in the sentences. Students complete 9 sentences total.
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Semicolons and Colons Quiz
In this online interactive grammar worksheet, middle schoolers answer 11 multiple choice questions regarding the use of colons and semicolons. Students may submit their answers to be scored.
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Using Colons Effectively
In this colons worksheet, students complete a 10 question on-line interactive exercise about the correct use of colons in sentences.
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Cool Colons
In this colons and time worksheet, 2nd graders review how colons are used to write the time. Students then circle the time that illustrates the correct placement of the colon and write it on the line. Students then fill in their own time...
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The Colon
In this punctuation rules worksheet, students read the 7 uses of the colon and study the example sentences. Students then fill in the missing colons in 9 sentences.
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Semicolons and Colons Exercise
In this semicolons and colons worksheet, students decide whether a semicolon or colon should be placed in ten given sentences. There are only four seasons winter, spring, summer and fall, is one example.
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Gastrointestinal
In this biology worksheet, students identify and locate various vocabulary terms pertaining to the gastrointestinal system of the body. There are 33 biology terms located in the word search.