Punctuation

Question 1

Commas

Answer 1

Are used to separate items in a series, to separate parts of dates, to separate parts of names

Question 2

Colons

Answer 2

Are used to separate hours and minutes in time or to introduce a list and follow a business letter

Question 3

Semicolons

Answer 3

Are used to separate independent clauses in a sentence

Question 4

Parentheses

Answer 4

are used to show that information is not part of main statement

Question 5

Quotation Marks

Answer 5

Used to show the beginning and end of someone’s exact words.