Section A: Place a semicolon or semicolons into each sentence below where needed. You may need to replace a comma to insert the semicolon.
1. I visited colleges in Evanston, Illinois, Dayton, Ohio, and Melbourne, Florida.
2. There are interesting sites in Dresden, Germany, Stockholm, Sweden, and Oslo, Norway.
3. I went to see baseball games in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Denver, Colorado, and Kansas City, Kansas.
4. My parents are planning a trip to see Santa Fe, New Mexico, Flagstaff, Arizona, and Austin, Texas.
Section B: Replace the comma and the FANBOYS conjunction with a semicolon in each sentence.
5. It is hot today, so we need to run the AC.
6. Open the door, and let the dog in.
7. I broke my arm, so I won’t be biking anytime soon.
8. Jim loves dogs, but Sarah is a cat person.
Answers:
1. I visited colleges in Evanston, Illinois; Dayton, Ohio; and Melbourne, Florida.
2. There are interesting sites in Dresden, Germany; Stockholm, Sweden; and Oslo, Norway.
3. I went to see baseball games in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Denver, Colorado; and Kansas City, Kansas.
4. My parents are planning a trip to see Santa Fe, New Mexico; Flagstaff, Arizona; and Austin, Texas.
5. It is hot today; we need to run the AC.
6. Open the door; let the dog in.
7. I broke my arm; I won’t be biking anytime soon.
8. Jim loves dogs; Sarah is a cat person.