For questions 7–11, each sentence is missing one type of punctuation. Choose the letter of the punctuation that correctly completes each sentence.

Key: ☺ = My Answer!

7. The pet stores shelves were filled with items I wanted for my pets.

a. apostrophe ☺
b. semicolon
c. colon
d. hyphen

8. At this store, youre invited to bring your pet inside.

a. apostrophe ☺
b. semicolon
c. colon
d. hyphen

9. I didn’t bring Whiskers, my older cat, or Bobtail, my younger cat I did bring Rascal, my dog.

a. apostrophe
b. semicolon
c. colon
d. hyphen ☺

10. An announcement came over the loudspeaker saying the store would stay open until 830 tonight.

a. apostrophe
b. semicolon
c. colon ☺
d. hyphen

11. I walked through the store with a basket I gradually filled the basket with items.

a. apostrophe
b. semicolon ☺
c. colon
d. hyphen

5 answers

I disagree with your answer for 9. The others are right.

TY! So #9 is semicolon, right?

Yes! ☺

Thx!