Pt3 Colons sheet 1

 

1.Use a colon after the greeting of a business letter.

            Dear Sir:           Ladies and Gentlemen:

2. Use a colon between numerals indicating hours and minutes.

            8:25 A.M.

3. Use a colon to introduce a list of items.

            The experiment requires the following equipment: test tubes, slides, beakers, graduated cylinders, and pipettes.

 

 

Directions: Rewrite the sentence. Add colons.  Circle what you add.

 

  1. Dear Sir

Enclosed you will find your refund check for nine dollars.

  1. To make the punch, you will need the following ingredients lime sherbet, lemon juice, and ginger ale.
  2. At 8 30 A.M. the following students are to report to the gym Doug Smith, Beth Schlekeer, and Lynn Kimball.
  3. Please bring these items to the testing room two pencils, an eraser, and a spiral notebook.
  4. The bus leaves at 9 00 A.M. and returns to the school at 2 15 P.M.
  5. Please fill in the following information name, address, date of birth, grade in school, and parents’ names.
  6. Bring these items theme paper, a blue pen, and ink eraser, and your imagination.
  7. Dear Sir or Madam

I would like to order the following items

            2 pairs insulated gloves, size 6,

            2 pairs thermal socks, size 9.

You may deliver them, or I can pick them up any weekday between 3 00 and 5 00 P.M.

 

  1. I have to be at school by 8 00 A.M. today for our play rehearsal.
  2. the list of prizes included the following transistor radios, record albums, concert tickets, and sweatshirts.