"LESSON FIVE: THE SEMI-COLON:","","The semi-colon is used in TWO basic ways.","1. To separate phrases in a list.","2. To inter-link two closely connected sentences."
"The semi-colon is really half-way between a comma and a full stop.","We use it where a full stop would be too great a 'break'. ","Example: Simon and Rachel were working extremely hard; Alison was merely","looking out of the window.",""
"In each of the following sentences, type it out using EITHER  a","comma or a semi-colon, depending on which is needed in the circumstances.","","       FOOTBALL IS A GAME FOR YOUNG MEN MANY OLDER PEOPLE PREFER","GOLF."
"TYPE OUT THE FOLLOWING CORRECTLY PUNCTUATED WITH EITHER A COMMA","OR A SEMI-COLON.","","Robins can sometimes be persuaded to come indoors though this is not","usual."
"   Cotton is a vegetable fibre asbestos is a mineral.","","(Type out with SEMICOLON or COMMA, whichever is needed.)","",""
"Although cotton is a natural fibre nylon is artificial.","","Type out with comma or semicolon, whichever is needed.","",""
"THE INHABITANTS DO NOT BELONG TO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH THEY ARE ","MAINLY HINDUS AND MOSLEMS.","","","TYPE OUT THE ABOVE WITH COMMA OR SEMICOLON AS APPROPRIATE."
"Wise men learn by other men's mistakes fools learn by their own","","Type out this sentence inserting commas or semicolon as appropriate.","",""
"As Rachel had not returned her library book on time she had to pay","a hefty fine.","","","Does the above sentence require a COMMA or a SEMICOLON? (COMMA/SEMICOLON)"
"CUMULUS CLOUDS ARE HEAPED UP CLOUDS THEY LOOK LIKE PILES OF COTTON","WOOL.","","","IS A COMMA NEEDED OR A SEMI-COLON?   [COMMA/ SEMI-COLON?]"
"Semi-colons are also used to separate items in a list, when a comma","would be insufficient. For example:","   I went to the shop and bought an icecream, a bucket, a chocolate","bar and an umbrella.   (Commas are used as the list is single items.)","The  semi-colon is used to divide a list of PHRASES."
"EXAMPLE:  I went to the shop and bought a chocolate icecream in a","pink wrapper; an umbrella made of green canvas; a stainless steel ","bucket with a wooden handle; and a bar of milk chocolate called 'Choco'.","","The phrases here are divided by semi-colons not commas."
"Type out the following using commas or semicolons as you think","right.","JOHN TOOK GARY JEAN SALLY DAVE AND MIKE TO THE OLD BARN","","SHOULD YOU USE commas OR semi-colons in the above list? (COMMAS/SEMICOLONS)"
"John took Dave his best mate Jean his favourite girlfriend Mike the ","boy who he had met at the fair and Spot the miniature poodle to the ","barn.","","Should you use COMMAS or SEMICOLONS for the above list?"
"Like alligators crocodiles lay eggs snakes also reproduce themselves","in this way.","","Type out this sentence putting in semi-colons and commas as necessary.",""
"Notice that when you join two inter-linked sentences using a ","semi-colon, the second 'sentence' does NOT have a capital letter.","This is because when you use a semi-colon you are, in fact, making","a SINGLE SENTENCE.","     All the dolphins leaped out of the water; they squeaked as they did so."
"The layers of tree trunks and moss become more covered over with","sand and mud more compressed by the weight above them.","","Does the above need the addition of COMMAS or SEMICOLON to correctly","punctuate it?"
"A MOUNTAIN IS MADE OF HARDER ROCK THAN ITS SURROUNDINGS AND ITS","SHAPING HAS BEEN DONE MOSTLY BY RUNNING WATER.","","Type out the above sentence using either commas or semicolons as you","think correct."
"These birds fly great distances a journey of two hundred miles is","nothing to them.","","Type out this sentence putting the semi-colon in the right place.",""
"THE SUN SETS NIGHT FALLS SUDDENLY AND AFTER THE GREAT HEAT OF THE ","DAY THE DESERT BECOMES SUDDENLY COLD.","","Type out this sentence with the use of either a comma or a semi-colon","whichever you think correct."
