English Skills with Readings 7th Edition by John Langan

Exercise 1

Insert a semicolon where the break occurs between the two complete thoughts in each of the following run-ons.
EXAMPLE
I missed the bus by seconds; there would not be another for half an hour.
1. I spend eight hours a day in a windowless office it's a relief to get out into the open air after work.
2. The audience howled with laughter the comedian enjoyed a moment of triumph.
3. It rained all week parts of the highway were flooded.
4. Tony never goes to a certain gas station anymore he found out that the service manager overcharged him for a valve job.
5. The washer shook and banged with its unbalanced load then it began to walk across the floor.