Now that you know the rules for using semicolons, collaborate with a classmate to practise using semicolons in sentences.
Use Notepad to compose five sentences. Make sure that four of the five sentences need to have a semicolon added and one of the sentences does not. Notepad is useful for this task as it does not have a spelling or grammar checker.
Share your Notepad file with your classmate via email, USB drive or Bluetooth (.pdf 115kB).
Ask your classmate to add semicolons to the sentences where they are needed. When they have completed this you can check their work and discuss their answers with them.
Have a look at Task 4 in this Captivate tutorial1 to learn how to create Captivate quizzes.
When you have done this, open Captivate and select Blank project > set the Width to 980 and Height to 490 (to fit the laptop screen) > OK.
Choose Quiz menu > Question Slide > Short answer > Graded Question.
The New short answer question dialogue box will appear. Change the following:
In the Name section, type Rewrite the sentence adding a semicolon in the correct place.
In the Question section, type a sentence that needs to have a semicolon added to it.
Change Points to 1.
In the Acceptable Answer section, type the sentence with the semicolon in it and then click OK.
You can edit the font, size and colour of your slide once the question slide has been created.
Repeat steps 3 to 5 to create at least five quiz questions.
When you have completed the questions, click on Preview and check your quiz. When you are happy with it, click on Publish.
Share your published quiz with your classmates. How did they go?
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