Grammar Quiz: Commas, Semicolons, and Colons

Select the ways commas can be used in sentences! (Multiple answers)

• In a series of 3 or more

• Between two or more adjectives modifying the same noun

• After an intro word or phrase

• At the end of a quote

• To set off words that interrupt flow of sentence

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Re-write the following sentence placing the comma(s) correctly:

Bailey the white and beige dog got very dirty in the mud.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Choose the sentence that uses the comma(s) correctly for the following sentence:

Before she ate she went on a walk.

• Before she ate, she went on a walk.

• Before, she ate she went on a walk.

• Before she ate, she, went on a walk.

• Before she ate she went, on a walk.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Choose the answer that uses commas correctly for the following sentence:

Change my grade Miss Mendola or else I will cry.

• Change my grade, Miss Mendola, or else I will cry.

• Change my grade, Miss Mendola or else I will cry.

• Change my grade Miss Mendola, or else I will cry.

• Change my grade Miss Mendola or else, I will cry.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Re-write the sentence using a semicolon:

He cleaned the dishes he took out the trash.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Choose the date that places the comma(s) correctly

• February, 25, 2021

• February 25, 2021

• February, 25 2021

• No commas are needed

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CCSS.L.2.2B

CCSS.L.3.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.2A

Choose the answer that uses the comma(s) correctly in the date in a sentence

• On September 6, 1998 Miss Mendola was born!

• On September 6 1998, Miss Mendola was born!

• On September 6, 1998, Miss Mendola was born!

• On September 6, 1998, Miss Mendola, was born!

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CCSS.L.2.2B

CCSS.L.3.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.2A

What 2 places do commas go in a letter?

• After your name

• After the greeting

• Before the greeting

• After the closing

• Before the closing

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CCSS.L.2.2B

CCSS.L.3.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.2A

Miss Mendola lives in Troy, Michigan.

Mr. Fugate lives in Brownsburg, Indiana.

The 7th grade student lives in Mooresville, Indiana.

Combine these three sentences into one using semicolons!!

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Where would someone see a colon? Choose all that apply.

• Between hours and minutes in expressions of time

• After a formal greeting in a letter

• Instead of commas in a sentence

• When introducing a list of items

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B