Question

introducing a list with a colon
which sentence correctly uses a colon to introduce a list?
○ brittany enjoys many sports, such as: basketball, ice hockey, and softball.
○ the students going on the trip are: drew, julio, aasha, and felicity.
○ for dinner, i think that we should make: roasted chicken, mashed potatoes, and green beans.
○ my school offers four science classes: chemistry, biology, physics, and earth science.

Explanation:

To determine the correct sentence, we analyze the use of colons to introduce lists. A colon should be used after a complete independent clause to introduce a list.

• In "Brittany enjoys many sports, such as: basketball, ice hockey, and softball," "such as" is a phrase, not a complete clause, so the colon is incorrect.
• In "The students going on the trip are: Drew, Julio, Aasha, and Felicity," "are" is a verb, and the part before the colon is not a complete independent clause (it's a predicate with a subject but the structure with "are" makes it incomplete for a colon introduction).
• In "For dinner, I think that we should make: roasted chicken, mashed potatoes, and green beans," "make" is a verb, and the part before the colon is a dependent clause (due to "I think that..."), so the colon is incorrect.
• In "My school offers four science classes: chemistry, biology, physics, and earth science," "My school offers four science classes" is a complete independent clause, and the colon correctly introduces the list of science classes.

Answer:

My school offers four science classes: chemistry, biology, physics, and earth science.