In the following sentences, circle the colons that are used incorrectly, and add any colons that are missing.

Question

1. The picnic menu will consist of: barbecued hot dogs and hamburgers, hot wings, potato salad, fruit salad, and mango ice cream.
2. The three research topics you may choose from are “Humans and Technology,” “Moral Politics,” and “Popular Culture.”
3. Pack the following items for the field trip: sketch pad and sketching pencils, field notebook, writing utensils, bottled water, watch, and light sweatshirt.
4. When doing laundry, you can use household stain removers, such as: hydrogen peroxide, Dawn dish detergent, lemon juice, and aerosol hairspray.
5. On my family’s trip across the nation we drove through many states, including: Colorado, Tennessee, Virginia, Indiana, Ohio, Massachusetts, and Kansas.

Answer 1

Colons should be changed as follows.
1. consist of barbecued
2. [no errors];
3. [no errors];
4. such as hydrogen;
5. including Colorado