Question

Select the sentence which has correct punctuation.

The man celebrated his twenty-fifth birthday by doing the following: first, he ate pizza; second, he went to the ball game; and third, he played a video game.

The man celebrated his twenty fifth birthday by doing the following: first, he ate pizza; second, he went to the ball game; and third, he played a video game.

The man celebrated his twenty-fifth birthday by doing the following: first he ate pizza; second, he went to the ball game; and
third, he played a video game.

The man celebrated his twenty-fifth birthday by doing the following: first; he ate pizza, second; he went to the ball game, and third; he played a video game.

The man celebrated his twenty-fifth birthday by doing the following: first he ate pizza, second he went to the ball game, and third he played a video game.

Answer 1

The first sentence is correct. This is because it correctly hyphenates twenty-fifth, uses a colon to properly list off several items, uses a comma after every transition like 'first', and uses semi-colons to separate each item of the list.