Author: Chris Duncan

Semicolons are another way of adding detail to a sentence. They can be used instead of a connective, bringing two sentences together to make an extended sentence.
The man looked outside and sighed; it had been raining all day.
The two clauses need to be linked, they must be about the same subject. For instance -
Danny got in the car; he didn’t like broccoli.
This is not an effective use of a semicolon as the two clauses are unrelated.
Where does the semicolon go?
Mark fell to his feet. He was exhausted.
Curtis fell into the nettles. The pain was terrible.
Flic had been working all night the project was due in tomorrow
Sarah studied the creature it studied her in return
Finish these sentences:
Michael looked up and grimaced
Sameer turned towards the dog
Uncle Tom was furious
Eden heaped the spinach onto her plate
The referee blew his whistle
The car sped into the corner
The zebra looked out towards the lake
The crowd huddled around the small boy
The ship crashed into the towering waves
Write a paragraph based on one of the sentences above. Your paragraph should have at least two semicolons.