Quiz for Lessons 391 - 395

Mechanics - Punctuation - Colons

Instructions: Place colons where needed.

1. Dear Chairman

Dear Chairman:

2. There are four classes of poetic meter classified as follows iambic, trochaic, anapestic, and dactylic.

There are four classes of poetic meter classified as follows: iambic, trochaic, anapestic, and dactylic.

3. For this poll we need men, women, and children.

For this poll we need men, women, and children.
No colon needed. (direct objects)

4. The following are the three football positions that never carry the ball guard, tackle, and center.

The following are the three football positions that never carry the ball: guard, tackle, and center.

5. The polls close promptly at 800 P.M.

The polls close promptly at 8:00 P.M.

6. I just read Job 14 14.

I just read Job 14:14.

7. Volume 20 pages 22-28 had the material that I needed.

Volume 20: pages 22-28 had the material that I needed.

8. Jared showed that he was better prepared. He was wearing thermal clothes.

Jared showed that he was better prepared: He was wearing thermal clothes.

9. Have you read The Work and the Glory So Great a Cause?

Have you read The Work and the Glory: So Great a Cause?

10. Consider Franklin D. Roosevelt's words to Congress "We have had the lesson before us over and over again -- nations that were not ready and were unable to get ready found themselves overrun by the enemy."

Consider Franklin D. Roosevelt's words to Congress: "We have had the lesson before us over and over again -- nations that were not ready and were unable to get ready found themselves overrun by the enemy."

Related links: Lessons 386, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391, 392, 393, 394, and 395