Exercise: Combining sentences using semicolons

EXERCISE 55.1

Combine each of the following pairs of sentences into one sentence by using a semicolon.

Click Submit after each question to record your answer. If your instructor has assigned this exercise set, you must answer every question before your answers will be submitted to the gradebook.

Example:

The original sentences are “Take the bus to Henderson Street. Meet me under the clock at half past three.” The period after the first sentence is changed to a semicolon and “Meet” is changed all lowercase.

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