Punctuation in a Series

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• I wanted to buy cookies chips and, candy.

• I wanted to buy cookies chips and candy.

• I wanted to buy cookies, chips, and candy.

Choose the sentence that uses comma in a series correctly.

• John's shirt was blue, green, and white.

• John's shirt, was blue, green, and white.

• John's, shirt was blue green, and white.

• John's shirt was blue, green and, white.

Choose the sentence that uses commas in a series correctly.

• We bought milk, grapes, and peanut butter at the store.

• We bought milk, grapes and, peanut butter at the store.

• We bought, milk, grapes and peanut butter, at the store.

• We bought milk grapes and peanut butter at the store.

What change should be made to the following sentence?

He had never been on a plane bus, train, or bicycle!

• Remove ALL the commas

• Remove the comma after bus

• Remove the comma after train

• Add a comma after plane

Do you use comma in a series to separate items?

• Yes

• No

Commas in a Series:

I went to the game to laugh have fun and talk with my friend.

• I went to the game to laugh have fun and talk with my friend.

• I went, to the game, to laugh have fun and talk with my friend.

• I went to the game to laugh, have fun, and talk with my friend.

This punctuation mark is used to separate items in a series when the items contain commas. 

• apostrophe

• hyphen

• semicolon

• colon

Which of these should be inserted in the blank? You need several ingredients to make cookies _ butter, sugar, flour, and eggs.

• Colon

• Semicolon

• Apostrophe

• Hyphen

My favorite pizza toppings are: sausage, peppers, extra cheese, and mushrooms.

• Correctly punctuated 

• Incorrectly punctuated

Which sentence uses commas correctly in a series?

• A) She bought apples oranges and bananas.

• B) She bought apples, oranges, and bananas.

• C) She bought, apples, oranges and bananas.

• D) She bought apples, oranges and bananas.