Use the SEMICOLON correctly with 3 rules (CCSS L.6.2.b; English NC Y6 V/G/P)
Exercise Difficulty 3 ~3 min eng.g6.s.ex_43

Complex List Semicolon

Prompt

Apply Rule 3 (semicolons in complex lists): Punctuate this list correctly: 'The trip stopped in Boston Massachusetts New Haven Connecticut and Princeton New Jersey.'

M-6-S-GR-EX-43-A Interactive Physical / non-image

Complex-list-semicolon worksheet with 3 additional list examples (cities, dates with descriptions, names with titles). Print-ready 8.5x11.

Answer criteria
type exact match
correct
The trip stopped in Boston, Massachusetts; New Haven, Connecticut; and Princeton, New Jersey.
Hints
  1. Each city-state pair gets a comma between city and state.
  2. Semicolons separate the city-state items because each item already contains a comma.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Uses commas throughout (creates ambiguity).
  • Omits the final semicolon before 'and'.