gcse punctuation

hey could you guuys tell me if these phrases are punctuated correctly:
-It came closer and closer until:silence
-A hand around my mouth. Arms picking me up. A car driving away ,with me inside!
-Surprisingly, the sky was darkly foreboding; ghastly clouds hung over rooftops like malevolent angels.

Thanks, @ashtolga23. I'll try to give the best advice that I can.



The first sentence isn't punctuated correctly. Colons should be used at the end of an independent clause.
The second ‘sentence’ appears to be a list that should probably be punctuated with commas instead of full stops.
The third sentence involves a comma splice. You should use a comma in place of the semi-colon.

how about:
-it came closer and closer until...
silence.
-A hand around my mouth,arms picking me up and a car driving away with me inside!
-surprisingly the sky was darkly foreboding,ghastly clouds hung over the rooftops like malevolent angels.

If you dont mind could you tell me a similar sentence where i would use a semi colon

I've edited my original response, but all three have improved greatly. I would accept the first two. However, with the last sentence, I would also change the content so that a colon was used (e.g. ‘Surprisingly, the sky was foreboding: ghastly clouds were hanging over the rooftops like malevolent angels.’), which would make it look less disjointed.

If you wanted to write the sentence with a semi-colon, you'd probably want to ensure that the second independent clause didn't necessarily explain or illustrate the first (e.g. ‘Surprisingly, the sky was foreboding; the temperature was also unusually low tonight.’).

Once again, assuming this is for the fictional writing section, don't try too hard to add different punctuation. No examiner likes that.