English-2
Grade-8
Easy
Question
Rewrite the following sentence using appropriate colons.
I love to travel it helps me relax.
- I love: to travel it helps me relax.
- I love to travel it helps: me relax.
- I love to travel: it helps me relax.
- None of the above
Hint:
A colon is used to give emphasis, present dialogue, introduce lists or text, and clarify composition titles
The correct answer is: I love to travel: it helps me relax.
Option 3 is correct.
A colon often precedes an explanation, a list, or a quoted sentence.Here it precedes an explanation.
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