which sentences are punctuated correctly? check all that apply.\nthe circus featured four clowns, three…

which sentences are punctuated correctly? check all that apply.\nthe circus featured four clowns, three acrobats, and a tightrope walker.\nwe will bring a flashlight, sleeping bags and a tent on the camping trip.\nthe recipe calls for two eggs; a cup of flour; salt and baking soda.\ni wrote poems about my best friends, the queen of england and the tooth fairy.\nthe flags are blue and white; red, white, and blue; and red, white, and green.

which sentences are punctuated correctly? check all that apply.\nthe circus featured four clowns, three acrobats, and a tightrope walker.\nwe will bring a flashlight, sleeping bags and a tent on the camping trip.\nthe recipe calls for two eggs; a cup of flour; salt and baking soda.\ni wrote poems about my best friends, the queen of england and the tooth fairy.\nthe flags are blue and white; red, white, and blue; and red, white, and green.

Answer

Brief Explanations:

  1. In the first sentence, commas are correctly used to separate items in a list.
  2. In the second sentence, a comma should be added before "and" in the list (flashlight, sleeping bags, and a tent).
  3. In the third sentence, semicolons are misused; commas should be used to separate items in a list within a sentence.
  4. In the fourth sentence, commas are correctly used to separate items in a list.
  5. In the fifth sentence, semicolons are correctly used to separate complex list - items where commas are already used within each item.

Answer:

The circus featured four clowns, three acrobats, and a tightrope walker. I wrote poems about my best friends, the queen of England and the tooth fairy. The flags are blue and white; red, white, and blue; and red, white, and green.