English-2
Grade-8
Easy
Question
Rewrite the following sentence using appropriate colons.
These are what we should get from the store cheese, pepper and capsicum.
- These are what we should get: from the store cheese, pepper and capsicum.
- These are what we should get from the store: cheese, pepper and capsicum.
- These are: what we should get from the store cheese, pepper and capsicum.
- 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: These are what we should get from the store: cheese, pepper and capsicum.
Option 2 is correct.
A colon often precedes an explanation, a list, or a quoted sentence. Here it precedes a list.
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