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QuizMultiple Choice

Using Semicolons and Commas

Question 3 • 2025/26 IGC-English I - Prescriptive

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

Answer
A
There were plenty of interesting, exciting things to see at the park.
B
A scurrying squirrel ran away from a cute, brown puppy by the trees.
C
A group of students flew different kinds of huge, purple kites over the field.
D
There were children climbing the old, metal monkey bars in the playground.

Explanation

In choice A, “interesting” and “exciting” are coordinate adjectives: each independently describes “things,” and they can be joined by “and” (“interesting and exciting things”). A comma correctly separates them. In the other choices, the adjective pairs do not need commas: “cute brown puppy,” “huge purple kites,” and “old metal monkey bars” use adjectives that work together to describe the noun.

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