Question

Complete the sentences with words that are punctuated and spelled correctly.
Natasha was especially interested in (blank) however, Jorge wanted to check out the huge collection of precious gems.
Natasha gazed into a replica of a cooking fire and began to imagine (blank) a crying baby, the persistent click of stone on stone involved in making scraping tools, and the thunderous cry of a mastodon.

Answer 1

in the first sentence, the choices are dinosaurs; dinosaurs, dinosaurs: dinosaurs'

Answer 2

in the second sentence, the choices are sounds: sounds, sounds; sounds'

Answer 3

@Jadeishere

Answer 4

the first sentence it would be the second option because semi colons (;) are used to list things, then colons (:) are used to simply state something.

therefore, the comma would be best used in the first sentence.

The second sentence would be sounds; because the semi colon was making a list of things after the 'sounds'

Answer 5

but wouldnt the second sentence be sound:?

Answer 6

because it's listing some things

Answer 7

sounds:*

Answer 8

jade! lol is it sounds: or sounds;

Answer 9

@Jadeishere

Answer 10

Lol sorry

it's sounds with a semi colon (;)

semi colons list many things

colons list one thing

I am hearing a sound: lizards
I am hearing sounds; many lizards, possibly a duck and a rawring dinosaur

Answer 11

ohh ok i see, thank you for the help and for explaining

Answer 12

Yep :)