Comma and Dash Grammar Quiz

Kim and Ashley decided to take a girls’ trip to Lake Charles, Louisiana; a great place for young people to relax and have fun.

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• to: Lake Charles, Louisiana, a

• to Lake Charles, Louisiana - a

• to Lake Charles, Louisiana (a

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

If you’re keen to run a marathon in sub-freezing temperatures and have a spare $20,500 you can sign up for the 26.2-mile Antarctic Ice Marathon.

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• temperatures - and have a spare $20,500 -

• temperatures - and have a spare $20,500,

• temperatures, and have a spare $20,500

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

Both waffle and pancake recipes share some of the same basic ingredients, like eggs, milk and flour, but their batters are not the same. A pancake has more baking powder to help them rise in the pan: for example, while waffles have more butter and an extra egg to help them form their slightly crispy, golden brown outside.

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• in the pan, for example:

• in, the pan for example -

• in the pan, for example,

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CCSS.L.9-10.2B

While most of us are exactly that - ordinary people leading ordinary lives (though not, of course, in the eyes of our parents) - our world would be incomplete without visionaries.

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• not of course in the eyes

• not, of course in the eyes

• not of course, in the eyes

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

“Hiking lets you spend time in nature and benefits the body, mind, and spirit,” said hiker, Ashley Mateo, award-winning journalist and RRCA-certified running coach.

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• hiker, Ashley Mateo

• hiker Ashley Mateo,

• hiker Ashley Mateo

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Only a certified nutrition specialist can work in highly specialized fields such as medical nutrition therapy. Medical nutrition therapy uses nutrition science to treat existing medical conditions (for example, to identify patients’ food allergies or manage sugar levels of people with diabetes).

Which choice most effectively combines the sentences at the underlined portion?

• therapy, and this therapy

• therapy, which

• therapy - and it

• therapy; as a therapy, it

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Some nutritionists might caution you about the sugars found in fruit. Champions of the whole food diet, though, argue the opposite. They argue that fruits like blueberries retain their natural fiber and nutrients, unlike processed foods.

Which choice most effectively combines the sentences at the underlined portion?

• opposite -

• opposite, such

• opposite, which is

• opposite; their opinion is

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A

What college did Ms. Keller graduate from?

• University of Houston-Clear Lake

• University of Houston-Main Campus

• University of Nebraska

• Texas A&M

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D