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Comma Rules and Practice

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10 questions

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This formative includes a YouTube video that covers comma rules to view prior to completing the 10 questions.

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Question 1

1.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

C       Allister ate his apple, while he rode a bike, yelled to his friend, and looked for the stop sign. 

A    Allister ate his apple while he rode a bike yelled to his friend, and looked for the stop sign.

B      Allister ate his apple while he rode a bike, yelled to his friend, and looked for the stop sign. 

D        Allister ate his apple while ,he rode a bike, yelled to his friend, and looked for the stop sign. 

Question 2

2.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

A        Our memories of the ocean will linger on long after our footprints in the sand are gone.

D        Our memories, of the ocean will linger on long after, our footprints in the sand are gone. 

B        Our memories of the ocean, will linger on, long after our footprints in the sand are gone. 

C        Our memories of the ocean will linger on ,long after our footprints in the sand, are gone. 

Question 3

3.

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

B        In the late afternoon Will Harrison, owner and editor of The Eagle, went over to the saloon. 

A      In the late afternoon Will Harrison, owner and editor of The Eagle went over to the saloon.

C       In the late afternoon, Will Harrison owner and editor of The Eagle went over to the saloon. 

D       In the late afternoon Will Harrison, owner, and editor, of The Eagle, went over to the saloon. 

Question 4

4.

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

A       I am not going to the concert for I am too busy.

C       I am not going to the concert, for I am too busy. 

D       I am not going to the concert for I am, too busy. 

B       I am not going, to the concert, for I am too busy. 

Question 5

5.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

C      Nelson Mandela, the president of South Africa, was freed, from a South African prison, in 1990. 

D     Nelson Mandela, the president of South Africa, was freed from a South African prison in 1990. 

A      Nelson Mandela the president of South Africa, was freed from a South African prison in 1990.

B       Nelson Mandela the president of South Africa, was freed, from a South African prison, in 1990. 

Question 6

6.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

A     Sitting, in a tree, my little sister called down to us.

B     Sitting in a tree, my little sister called down to us. 

C      Sitting in a tree, my little sister, called down to us. 

D     Sitting in a tree my little sister called down to us. 

Question 7

7.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

B     Her address is 1776 National Park Hwy, Philadelphia Pennsylvania. 

C     Her address is 1776 National Park Hwy ,Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

A     Her address is 1776 National Park Hwy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

D     Her address is 1776 National Park, Hwy Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

Question 8

8.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

C     Although, I like country music, I did not want, to hear his entire collection ,just then. 

D      Although I like country music I did not want to hear his entire collection, just then. 

A     Although I like country music, I did not want to hear his entire collection, just then. 

B      Although I like country music, I did not want to hear his entire collection just then. 

Question 9

9.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

B      Near the statue, was an obvious tourist an oriental lady, with a Kodak camera. 

D       Near the statue,was an obvious tourist, an oriental lady, with a Kodak camera. 

A    Near the statue was an obvious tourist an oriental lady with a Kodak camera.

C       Near the statue was an obvious tourist, an oriental lady with a Kodak camera. 

Question 10

10.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

C  Under the canopy they danced beaming and affectionate and happy bride and groom in their finery. 

D  Under the canopy, they danced beaming and affectionate and happy, bride and groom in their finery. 

B  Under the canopy they danced, beaming and affectionate and happy, bride and groom in their finery. 

A  Under the canopy, they danced, beaming, and affectionate, and happy, bride and groom in their finery.