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Target 10: Semi-colons Double point target

Task 2: Semi-colons (2 points)

a) The conjunctions are underlined below:

1. The weather was lovely because the sun was shining brightly.

2. The hotel was shabby and the food was terrible but the beach was lovely.

3. I have many friends but I have many enemies.

The sentences are shown below with semi-colons replacing the conjuctions:

1. The weather was lovely; the sun was shining brightly.

2. The hotel was shabby; the food was terrible but the beach was lovely.

3. I have many friends; I have many enemies.

b) The three missing semi-colons are shown highlighted in yellow and the four missing
commas are shown highlighted in blue.

The cafe sells pasta, which is Italian; noodles, a tasty Chinese meal; fish

and chips, a traditional British meal; and haggis, which is from Scotland.

Task 3: Find your own evidence (4 points)

Your teacher will award up to four points if you can show a sample of your written work,
from any subject, where you have used a semi-colon correctly.

WELL
DONE!

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