Punctuation

Question 1

Commas

Answer 1

Are used to separate items in a series, to separate parts of dates, to separate parts of names.

Question 2

Colons

Answer 2

Are used to separate hours and minutes in time or to introduce a list and follow a business letter. Before listing:

Question 3

Semicolons

Answer 3

Are used to separate independent clauses in a sentence. Do not touch the tree frog; it may be poisonous. Two ideas are closely related

Question 4

Parentheses

Answer 4

Are used to show that information is not a part of main statement.

Question 5

Quotation marks

Answer 5

Used to show the beginning and end of someone’s exact words.