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Missing Punctuation Marks

Colons, dashes, and parentheses

Colons, dashes, and parentheses

This activity contains 5 questions.

	Identify what, if any, punctuation is missing from the following sentence. For the expedition, the archeologists brought ___ an axe, a sifter, a roll of maps, and a compass.   Semicolon Dash Colon No punctuation is needed

	Identify what, if any, punctuation is missing from the following sentence. The Southwest American expedition team includes a number of distinguished researchers ___ Rachel DeWoskin, Kirun Kapur, Jake Strautmann, and Jeffrey Petthybridge.   Semicolon Colon No punctuation is needed

	Identify what, if any, punctuation is missing from the following sentence. Upon returning, they plan to publish a joint paper entitled "New American Histories ___ Rediscovering the Anasazi."   Semicolon Dash Colon No punctuation is needed

	Identify what, if any, punctuation is missing from the following sentence. Rachel DeWoskin and Kirin Kapur___ two leading archeologists ___ explore this interesting desert region.   Semicolon/semicolon Dash/dash Colon/colon No punctuation is needed

	Choose the answer that correctly completes the sentence. The area is covered in lush, green vegetation _______ .   , although the trees are somewhat small (shorter than twenty feet) (although the trees are somewhat small shorter than twenty feet) (although the trees are somewhat small (shorter than twenty feet) although most of the trees are somewhat small, (shorter than twenty feet)

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