Question

Select ALL of the sentences that use a semi-colon correctly to join two sentences together.

1.My sister usually steals my legos every night while I'm sleeping; I set up a video camera to catch her.
2.My sister usually steals my legos every night; while I'm sleeping I set up a video camera to catch her.
3.During the storm, several branches broke off trees and fell; I spent six hours the next day cleaning up.
4.During the storm, several branches broke off trees; and fell I spent six hours the next day cleaning up.
5.We were completely exhausted; from the flight still, we wanted to take the museum tour.
6.We were completely exhausted from the flight; still, we wanted to take the museum tour.
7.Scott's dog needed his flea medicine therefore; his owners took him to the vet.
8.The invitations I received are light blue the problem; is that I ordered purple ones.
9.Bananas are supposed to be a superfood; I try and eat one every single day

Answer 1

I think it’s 1. 3. and 9.

Answer 2

1.My sister usually steals my legos every night while I'm sleeping; I set up a video camera to catch her.

3.During the storm, several branches broke off trees and fell; I spent six hours the next day cleaning up.

6.We were completely exhausted from the flight; still, we wanted to take the museum tour.

9.Bananas are supposed to be a superfood; I try and eat one every single day.

Step-by-step explanation:

1, 3, and 9: use a semicolon to join two independent clauses with no conjunction between them.

6: when the conjunctive adverb is used, put a semicolon before and a comma after it.