Question

4 Rewrite the following sentences where necessary to use colons or semi-colons in appropriate places.

a. Before you can take up painting as a hobby, you need to buy a lot of equipment. You need a set of brushes, several sketchpads, a range of tubes of paint, a palette for mixing paint and an easel which can be folded and carried.

b. Their eyes met an extraordinary sight when they turned the corner. It was a skyscraper made entirely of blue and green glass.

c. We intended to attend the autumn fashion show. Our intention was not fulfilled.

d. There are several reasons why the work of the street artist Banksy is so popular. It is amusing. It is political. It is topical. It is well executed.

e. Fashions go round and round. Nothing is ever really new. If you keep an item of clothing long enough, it comes back into fashion again.​

Answer 1

Hi, given below are the converted answers:-

a. Before you can take up painting as a hobby, you need to buy a lot of equipment. You need a set of brushes, several sketchpads, a range of tubes of paint, a palette for mixing paint and an easel which can be folded and carried.

b. Their eyes met an extraordinary sight when they turned the corner. It was a skyscraper ; made entirely of blue and green glass.

c. We intended to attend the autumn fashion show ; our intention was not fulfilled.

d. There are several reasons why the work of the street artist Banksy is so popular. It is amusing ; It is political ; It is topical ; It is well executed.

e. Fashions go round and round ; nothing is ever really new. If you keep an item of clothing long enough, it comes back into fashion again.

Hope it helps you ..

Answered by Benjemin