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Category: MDCAT ENGLISH MCQs
- With 3 or more words
- With numbers
- With internal commas
- With single-word items
- After ?I came? and ?I saw?
- After ?I saw? only
- After ?I conquered?
- Only after ?I came?
- She was angry; she shouted loudly.
- The team won; however, they were tired.
- Because it rained; we canceled the trip.
- He tried hard; he succeeded.
- Dependent
- Unrelated
- Closely related and independent
- Fragments
- A semicolon can replace a coordinating conjunction
- A semicolon always introduces a list
- A semicolon ends a paragraph
- A semicolon is like a dash
- She likes tea; and he likes coffee.
- She likes tea; he likes coffee.
- She likes tea he likes coffee.
- She likes tea: he likes coffee.
- I like apples; oranges, and bananas.
- I like apples; oranges and; bananas.
- I like apples, oranges, and bananas.
- I like; apples, oranges, and bananas.
- She plays violin; and he sings.
- She plays violin; he sings.
- She plays; violin, and he sings.
- She plays violin; but he sings.
- I love cats; dogs are fine too.
- I love cats; because they are soft.
- He slept late; he missed the bus.
- The show ended; the crowd clapped.
- After interjections
- Before a quote
- Between independent clauses
- Before dependent clauses
- We visited Paris, France; Rome, Italy; and Berlin, Germany.
- We visited Paris; France; Rome; Italy; Berlin.
- We visited: Paris, France; Rome, Italy.
- We visited Paris France Rome.
- For example
- However
- In fact
- All of these
- I love pizza; but my brother hates it.
- I love pizza; my brother hates it.
- I love pizza, my brother hates it.
- I love pizza. But; my brother hates it.
- but
- however
- and
- since
- A complete sentence
- A conjunctive adverb
- A list with internal commas
- A sentence fragment
