comma practice

How are commas used in this sentence? My dad loves sports, especially football, and watches them on TV.

• To insert an additional thought

• To separate items into a list

• To introduce the sentence

• To connect two different ideas

Where should a comma be added in this sentence? Atlanta, home of the World of Coke is a great place to visit.

• after Coke

• after is

• after place

• after home

Where should a comma be added in this sentence? Some students got a 100 on the test including May, Sam, and Cory.

• after test

• after students

• after 100

• after including

TRUE or FALSE: Parenthetical elements can be removed from a sentence and the sentence will still make sense.

• True

• False

Which part of the sentence is the parenthetical element? Marsha loves reptiles, even snakes, and likes to read books about them.

• Marsha loves reptiles

• even snakes

• likes to read

• and likes to read books about them

I visited New York Paris and London.

• No commas.

• visited, New York

• New York, Paris, and London

It was a large stubborn and stupid donkey that hee-hawed loudly.

• It was a large stubborn and stupid donkey that hee-hawed loudly.

• It was a large, stubborn, and stupid donkey that hee-hawed loudly.

• It was a large, stubborn, and stupid donkey, that hee-hawed loudly.

Which is the correct way to write the following sentence?
c3po is the best character in the Star Wars franchise but he does not receive the credit he is due.

• c3po is the best character in the Star Wars franchise but he does not receive the credit he is due.
• c3po is the best character in the Star Wars franchise but, he does not receive the credit he is due.
• c3po is the best character in the Star Wars franchise, but, he does not receive the credit he is due.
• c3po is the best character in the Star Wars franchise, but he does not receive the credit he is due.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Which is the correct way to write the following sentence?
I would like to go to Hawaii and Australia someday.

• I would like to go to Hawaii, and Australia, someday.
• I would like to go to Hawaii, and Australia someday.
• I would like to go to Hawaii and Australia someday.
• I would like to go to Hawaii and, Australia someday.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.6.6

Which is the correct way to write the following sentence?
This is a long enough quiz so I am ending it here.

• This is a long enough quiz, so I am ending it here.
• This is a long enough quiz so I am ending it here.
• This. Is. A. Long. Enough. Quiz. So. I. Am. Ending. It. Here.
• Just stop this quiz already.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.6.6