English Grammar 101 - Lesson 5-31

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S	emicolon: Joining Independent Clauses Lesson 5-31

Comments:
Prompt:	Use a semicolon (;) to join independent clauses of a compound sentence: "Bill and Jake wanted to go to the game; John and Jim did not want to go." Also use a semicolon to join independent clauses of a compound sentence when transitional words or adverbs are used and are usually set off by commas: "Bill and Jake went to the game; however, John and Jim went to the beach."
Directions:	Each sentence below has two independent clauses that can be correctly joined by a semicolon. Insert a semicolon in each sentence by clicking between the words where you desire a semicolon to be.

	1.	Blessed ; are ; the ; meek ; they ; shall ; inherit ; the ; earth.
	2.	She ; liked ; him ; a ; good ; man ; is ; hard ; to ; find.
	3.	The ; wind ; came ; up ; the ; rain ; began ; to ; fall.
	4.	The ; storm ; brought ; needed ; moisture ; we ; are ; far ; below ; our ; annual ; rainfall.
	5.	The ; wind ; has ; stopped ; we ; remain ; inside.
	6.	It ; is ; a ; good ; time ; to ; stay ; inside ; the ; storm ; will ; last ; all ; night.
	7.	We ; need ; the ; moisture ; we ; don't ; need ; dangerous ; roads.
	8.	Spring ; rain ; is ; a ; welcomed ; event ; it ; brings ; May ; flowers.
	9.	The ; snow ; was ; a ; surprise ; the ; roads ; were ; clear.
	10.	We ; had ; a ; nice ; trip ; however, we ; worried ; about ; the ; icy ; roads.
	11.	We ; played ; a ; good ; game ; hence, we ; should have won.
	12.	We ; studied ; hard ; accordingly, we ; passed ; the ; test.
	13.	She ; is ; smart ; indeed, she ; is ; a ; genius.
	14.	Their ; team ; did ; participate ; however, they ; came ; late.
	15.	Jill ; is ; not ; the ; center ; of ; attention ; nonetheless, she ; receives ; much ; respect ; for ; her ; academic ; skills.
	16.	Jill ; finds ; working ; for ; her ; education ; difficult ; notwithstanding, she ; is ; holding ; on ; to ; her ; dreams.
	17.	Jack ; may ; receive ; an ; athletic ; scholarship ; he ; is ; a ; gifted ; basketball ; player.
	18.	Jack ; will ; play ; basketball ; however, he ; is ; a ; better ; football ; player.
	19.	Jill ; enjoys ; her ; classes ; in ; biological ; science ; therefore, she ; is ; considering ; medical ; school.
	20.	She ; will ; not ; give ; up ; her ; dreams ; she ; will ; not ; accept ; less ; from ; herself.