Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Using Colons and Semicolons
Identify whether to use colons or semicolons in sentences!
English Plus+
English Plus: Colons Before Quotations
Rules for using colons to introduce quotations that are formal or lengthy, and to introduce quotations that do not begin with he said/she said.
English Plus+
English Plus: Colons With Formal Appositives
The use of the colon with formal appositives is explained, with examples.
Grammar Tips
Colons, and Semicolons, and Bears!
Refer to this short article if you need help with using semicolons or colons. There are several examples of both correct and incorrect usage, as well as a clear explanation of the difference.
SUNY Empire State College
Empire State College: Exercise 4: Colons Quizzes & Tutorial
This resource quizzes on punctuation. Type in the correct punctuation. Then click on "submit answers" to see how you did.
SUNY Empire State College
Empire State College: Exercise 3b: Advanced Commas
Type in the word that comes BEFORE the comma or semi-colon and then the comma or semi-colon. Click on "Submit Answers" to see how you did.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Commas: Exercise #4
Students' proofread sentences and decide the correct placement of commas. Answers are provided for students' to review.
ACT360 Media
Writing Den: Punctuation
A brief description of the rules, usage, and examples of the each type of punctuation used when building a sentence.
ACT360 Media
Writing Tips: Sentence Builder: Hyphen
A brief description of the rules, usage, and examples of the "hyphen" in English punctuation.
Other
Punctuation Mark Rules: The Colon
A fairly comprehensive look at the uses and misuses of the grammatical element "the colon" in English punctuation. Includes information and several examples.
Other
Stage Door: Punctuation
This site contains examples of when and how to properly use punctuation marks, including: abbreviations, metric symbols, money, titles and corporate names.
Other
Sandhills Community College: The Colon
A brief lesson on the uses of the colon in English punctuation. Includes examples and links for further information.
University of Ottawa (Canada)
University of Ottawa: The Comma
The University of Ottawa's Writing Center developed this site. The major sections of the site are "Comma Usage" and "Superfluous Commas." Right and wrong examples are included, along with links for definitions.
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online: Uses of the Semicolon and Colon
This writing lab site shows students how to correctly use semicolons and colons in punctuation.
English Club
English Club: Punctuation
This EnglishClub tutorial explains what punctuation marks are, what punctuation marks do, and why punctuation marks are important. Links to supplemental songs and videos about punctuation are also provided.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Colons: Lesson 4
This lesson introduces colons and how they can be used. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Colons."
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Ten Minute Grammar Lessons Commas
[Free Registration/Login Required] These lessons are intended to be used by English Language Arts teachers in grades 6-8 for a quick, whole-class review of the rules of comma usage.
The Economist
The Economist: Economist Style Guide: Punctuation
This resource provides a brief discussion of each of the following types of punctuation: apostrophes, brackets, colons, commas, dashes, full-stops, inverted commas, question marks, and semi-colons. Examples are included for each type of...
University of Ottawa (Canada)
Univ. Of Ottawa Hyper Grammar: Punctuation Errors
A ten-sentence punctuation quiz that tests whether or not students can correctly detect punctuation errors. Explanations and answers provided.
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: Guide to Grammar and Style: Semicolon
The Guide to Grammar & Style provides this tutorial on two common uses for the semicolon: 1)to separate items in a list after a colon, and 2)to separate two independent clauses in one sentence.