Words in a Series

Which sentence has the commas in the correct place?

• You will need to practice jumping, running, dribbling, shooting, and passing.

• You will need to practice jumping, running, dribbling shooting and passing.

• You will need to practice jumping running, dribbling, shooting and passing.

• No change is needed.

Answer explanation

The correct sentence is 'You will need to practice jumping, running, dribbling, shooting, and passing.' as it correctly uses commas to separate each activity in the list.

Which sentence has the commas in the correct place?

• The ice cream was sweet cold, and crunchy.

• The ice cream was sweet, cold and crunchy.

• The ice cream was sweet, cold, and crunchy.

• No change is needed.

Answer explanation

The sentence 'The ice cream was sweet, cold, and crunchy.' correctly places the commas to separate the adjectives describing the ice cream.

Which sentence has the commas in the correct place?

• Andrea stretched on the driveway, jogged around the block and then rode her bike on the trail.

• Andrea stretched on the driveway, jogged around the block, and then rode her bike on the trail.

• Andrea stretched on the driveway jogged around the block ,and then rode her bike on the trail.

• No change is needed.

Answer explanation

The correct sentence is 'Andrea stretched on the driveway, jogged around the block, and then rode her bike on the trail.' because it correctly uses commas to separate the actions in the list.

Which sentence has the commas in the correct place?

• Don’t forget to call your dad do your homework, and fold your clothes.

• Don’t forget to call your dad, do your homework and fold your clothes.

• Don’t forget to call your dad, do your homework, and , fold your clothes.

• No change is needed.

Answer explanation

The sentence 'Don’t forget to call your dad, do your homework, and fold your clothes.' has the commas correctly placed, so no change is needed.

Which sentence has the commas in the correct place?

• I will visit New York, Chicago Seattle , and Indianapolis this summer.

• I will visit New York, Chicago, Seattle and Indianapolis this summer.

• I will visit New York, Chicago, Seattle ,and Indianapolis this summer.

• No change is needed.

Answer explanation

The correct sentence is 'I will visit New York, Chicago, Seattle, and Indianapolis this summer.' Commas are correctly placed before each city name and before 'and' before the last city name.

Which sentence has the commas in the correct place?

• This weekend I wore one sweater two shirts, three skirts, and four pairs of shoes.

• This weekend I wore one sweater, two shirts three skirts, and four pairs of shoes.

• This weekend I wore one sweater, two shirts, three skirts, and, four pairs of shoes.

• No change is needed.

Answer explanation

The correct sentence is 'No change is needed' as the original sentence has the commas correctly placed between the items listed.

I'll be ready to go after I eat breakfast brush my teeth and comb my hair.

• I'll be ready to go after I eat breakfast, brush my teeth, and comb my hair.

• I'll be ready to go, after I eat breakfast brush, my teeth and comb, my hair.

Identify the series of adjectives in the following sentence: 'The quick, brown, and lazy dog jumped over the fence.'

• quick, brown, lazy

• quick, dog, fence

• jumped, over, the

• dog, jumped, fence

Which of the following sentences contains a series of nouns?

• She bought apples, oranges, and bananas.

• He quickly and quietly left the room.

• The cat is very fluffy.

• They are running fast.

Choose the correct series of verbs from the sentence: 'She sings, dances, and acts in the school play.'

• sings, dances, acts

• sings, school, play

• she, in, the

• acts, in, play