Deck 24: Comma

Question 1

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 24.Which sentence has all commas correctly placed?

A) I went to the store to buy bacon eggs grits and bread.
B) I went to the store to buy, bacon eggs grits and bread.
C) I went to the store to buy bacon, eggs, grits and bread.
D) I went to the store to buy bacon, eggs, grits, and bread.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 24.Which sentence has all commas correctly placed?

A) There's nothing to eat but I'm just starving.
B) There's nothing to eat, but I'm just starving.
C) There's nothing to eat, but I'm just, starving.
D) There's nothing to eat but, I'm just starving.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 24.Which sentence has all commas correctly placed?

A) Mr. Wilson, my favorite teacher, always has a terrific lecture planned.
B) Mr. Wilson, my favorite, teacher, always has a terrific lecture planned.
C) Mr. Wilson my favorite teacher, always has a terrific, lecture planned.
D) Mr. Wilson, my favorite teacher, always has a terrific lecture, planned.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 24.Which sentence has all commas correctly placed?

A) By that time I had decided, I shouldn't make the grits.
B) By that time, I had decided, I shouldn't make the grits.
C) By that time, I had decided I shouldn't make the grits.
D) By that time I had decided I shouldn't make the grits.

Question 5

A brief introductory phrase typically does not require a comma.

Question 6

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 24.Which sentence has all commas correctly placed?

A) I woke up this morning hungry for a good old-fashioned, country, breakfast.
B) I woke up this morning, hungry for a good, old-fashioned country breakfast.
C) I woke up this morning hungry for a good, old-fashioned, country breakfast.
D) I woke up this morning, hungry for a good, old-fashioned, country breakfast.

Question 7

Commas are used with compound sentences but not with compound verbs.

Question 8

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 24.Which sentence has all commas correctly placed?

A) A nice, woman who reminded me a bit of my mother suggested I make the grits with milk instead of water which is what the instructions on the box directed.
B) A nice woman, who reminded me a bit of my mother, suggested I make the grits with milk instead of water which is what the instructions on the box directed.
C) A nice woman, who reminded me a bit of my mother, suggested I make the grits with milk, instead of water, which is what the instructions on the box directed.
D) A nice woman, who reminded me a bit of my mother, suggested I make the grits with milk instead of water, which is what the instructions on the box directed.

Question 9

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 24.Which sentence has all commas correctly placed?

A) Making the bacon was easy but I did end up making a bit of a mess.
B) Making the bacon was easy, but I did end up making a bit of a mess.
C) Making the bacon was easy but, I did end up making a bit of a mess.
D) Making the bacon, was easy but I did end up making a bit of a mess.

Question 10

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 24.Which sentence has all commas correctly placed?

A) Big breakfasts like the ones my mother used to make always remind me of my childhood in Tupelo, Mississippi.
B) Big breakfasts, like the ones my mother used to make, always remind me of my childhood in Tupelo Mississippi.
C) Big breakfasts like the ones my mother used to make always remind me, of my childhood in Tupelo, Mississippi.
D) Big breakfasts like the ones my mother used to make, always remind me of my childhood in Tupelo, Mississippi.

Question 11

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 24. Which sentence has all commas correctly placed?

A) When I got back to my apartment I called my mother but she wasn't home.
B) When I got back to my apartment, I called my mother but, she wasn't home.
C) When I got back to my apartment, I called my mother, but she wasn't home.
D) When I got back to my apartment, I called my mother, but, she wasn't home.

Question 12

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 24. Which sentence has all commas correctly placed?

A) Hot sputtering grease got all over my new blue shirt, ruining it forever.
B) Hot, sputtering grease got all over my new blue shirt ruining it forever.
C) Hot, sputtering grease got all over my new, blue shirt, ruining it forever.
D) Hot sputtering grease, got all over my new, blue shirt ruining it forever.

Question 13

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 24.Which sentence has all commas correctly placed?

A) I could never crack an egg open without splattering yolk all over the clean counters.
B) I could never crack an egg open, without splattering yolk all over the clean counters.
C) I could never crack an egg open, without splattering yolk all over the clean, counters.
D) I could never crack an egg open, without splattering yolk, all over the clean counters.

Question 14

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 24. Which sentence has all commas correctly placed?

A) Though, I was a bit nervous I decided to do the cooking, without her directions.
B) Though I was a bit nervous, I decided to do the cooking without her directions.
C) Though, I was a bit nervous I decided to do the cooking, without her directions.
D) Though I was a bit nervous, I decided to do the cooking, without her directions.

Question 15

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 24. Which sentence has all commas correctly placed?

A) "It's a bit more calories", she said, "but it's worth it."
B) "It's a bit more calories," she said "but it's worth it."
C) "It's a bit more calories," she said, "but it's worth it."
D) "It's a bit more calories", she said "but it's worth it."

Question 16

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 24. Which sentence has all commas correctly placed?

A) The eggs however were a total mess.
B) The eggs, however were a total mess.
C) The eggs however, were a total mess.
D) The eggs, however, were a total mess.

Question 17

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 24.Which sentence has all commas correctly placed?

A) All in all, I'd say, I made the right decision.
B) All in all, I'd say I made the right decision.
C) All in all I'd say, I made the right decision.
D) All in all I'd say I made the right decision.

Question 18

Directions: Choose the best answer based on the information you read in Chapter 24.Which sentence has all commas correctly placed?

A) From now on I'll just be happy, with a nice simple bowl of cold cereal.
B) From now on, I'll just be happy with a nice, simple bowl of cold cereal.
C) From now on, I'll just be happy, with a nice simple bowl of cold cereal.
D) From now on, I'll just be happy with a nice simple bowl of cold cereal.

Question 19

A comma can be used in place of a period in a sentence.

Question 20

Use commas to separate items in a list of two or more.