Comma Rules

Which compound sentence has a comma used correctly?

• Sarah went to the store to buy shampoo, and more chips.

• Sarah went to the store to get ingredients for a recipe, but she left her grocery list at home.

• Sarah went to the store and, she purchased ingredients to make a new recipe.

• Sarah, wanted to go to the store but she couldn't find her keys.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

Create your own correctly written compound sentence. You must use correct sentence structure to get full credit.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

Which sentence has all commas used correctly:

• Before breakfast, Tina had cleaned the kitchen, put in a load of laundry, and swept the floor.

• Before breakfast, Tina had cleaned the kitchen, put in a load of laundry and swept the floor.

• Before breakfast, Tina had cleaned the kitchen put in a load of laundry and swept the floor.

• Before breakfast Tina had cleaned the kitchen, put in a load of laundry, and swept the floor.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which sentence has the dialogue punctuated correctly?

• John told his mom "I'm going to go upstairs and finish my homework."

• "I'm going upstairs to finish my homework." John told his mom.

• John told his mom, "I'm going to go upstairs and finish my homework."

• "I'm going upstairs, to finish my homework" John told his mom.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Jake was excited to bring home his sweet adorable puppy.

You need a comma between sweet and adorable.

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which sentence shows commas separating items in a list?

• Carlos wants to visit Paris, Italy, Germany, and China.

• My favorite colors are blue, red and pink.

• I like, to go hiking fishing swimming and camping during summer

• I have to clean my room, walk the dog and take out the trash.

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

No you shouldn't move to Dallas, Texas because I will miss you.

Where should the other comma go?

• After because

• After no

• Before because

• No other comma is needed

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Next semester I will take biology, the study of living organisms, to complete my college hours.

Which comma rule is being applied here?

• After a transitional word or phase

• To separate the independent clauses in a compound sentence

• Between two adjectives that describe a noun

• They are around a phrase that defines a word.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Create a sentence that uses items in a list, and place the commas correctly.

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• Jake, my black and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me. 
• Jake my black and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me. 
• Jake my black, and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me. 
• Jake, my black and white cat loves to sleep on the couch next to me. 

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A