MCQmedium

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

Options

aSpain is a beautiful country; the beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.check_circle
bSpain is a beautiful country: the beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.
cSpain is a beautiful country, the beaches are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.
dSpain is a beautiful country; the beache's are warm, sandy and spotlessly clean.

Key Points

Option 'a' uses a semicolon to separate two closely related independent clauses and correctly uses 'beaches' as a plural noun without a possessive apostrophe. The provided activity question 1 also confirms this as the correct answer.

Source

Class 6English Grammar and Composition Chapter 8: Punctuation & Capitalisation

Aligned to the NCTB national curriculum.