##  [Colons: Not just used for lists!](/en/quiz/colons-not-just-used-for-lists-eng)

Can you tell if the colon is used correctly in each of these sentences?

1. The committee now includes: the CEO, two managing directors, a researcher and two writers.correct

incorrect

2. After James retired, he took up some new hobbies: fly fishing, skating and scuba diving.correct

incorrect

3. Padma whipped up a ten-course meal, including: gazpacho, fried calamari and baked Alaska.correct

incorrect

4. The Yeungs enjoy listening to the music of some great Russian composers: Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff, and their favourite: Tchaikovsky.correct

incorrect

5. Miriam Toews, who was born in Steinbach, Manitoba, wrote: **Summer of My Amazing Luck**, **A Boy of Good Breeding** and **A Complicated Kindness**.correct

incorrect

6. They read, studied and reviewed the material: yet, they failed the exam.correct

incorrect

7. There are many reasons for joining a gym: to get in shape, to lose weight and to get out of the house.correct

incorrect