Worked examples
Two examples
Example 1
- Read what comes before the blank: Please bring three things. That is a complete sentence, and it promises a list.
- A complete sentence followed by the list it promised takes a colon.
Answer: Please bring three things: a pen, your ID, and a calculator.
Example 2
- Read what comes before: The three things are. Not complete; are what?
- The list finishes the sentence. No colon after are.
Answer: The three things are a pen, your ID, and a calculator.
Where this is taught: Punctuation: Start Here, Part 2: Semicolons and colons
More practice: Quiz 44, Semicolons and colons · In your Kaplan book: Unit 1, Chapter 9, Lesson 1, “Comma Use”
The drill
Ten questions
In each sentence, open the drop-down and choose the words that make the sentence correct, the way the GED test asks. A few questions ask you to tap a whole sentence instead. Then press Check my answers at the bottom.In each sentence, circle the choice in the brackets that makes the sentence correct; where whole sentences are given, circle one. The answer key, with the reasoning, is on the last page.