Mastering Commas in Grade 5

What is the purpose of a comma in a sentence?

• To emphasize a word in a sentence.

• To replace periods in a sentence.

• To indicate the end of a sentence.

• To indicate a pause or separate elements in a sentence.

Identify the correct use of a comma in this sentence: 'I bought apples oranges and bananas.'

• I bought apples oranges, and bananas.

• I bought, apples, oranges and bananas.

• I bought apples, oranges and bananas.

• I bought apples, oranges, and bananas.

Which of the following sentences uses commas correctly? A) 'My favorite colors are red blue and green.' B) 'My favorite colors are red, blue, and green.'

• B) 'My favorite colors are red, blue, and green.'

• My favorite colors are red, blue and green.

• My favorite colors are red blue, and green.

• My favorite colors are, red blue and green.

Insert commas where needed: 'After dinner we went to the park.'

• After dinner we went, to the park.

• After, dinner we went to the park.

• After dinner, we went to the park.

• After dinner we, went to the park.

Choose the sentence that correctly uses commas: A) 'She said she would come but she didn't.' B) 'She said, she would come, but she didn't.'

• She said she would come, but she didn't

• She said she would come but, she didn't.

• She said, she would come but she didn't.

• A) 'She said she would come but she didn't.'

What part of speech is typically separated by commas in a list?

• Nouns

• Adjectives

• Adverbs

• Verbs

How many commas are needed in this sentence: 'For my birthday I want a bike a book and a game.'?

• 2

• 4

• 3

• 1

Identify the error in this sentence: 'My brother who lives in New York is visiting.'

• The sentence is missing a subject.

• The verb tense is incorrect.

• The phrase 'is visiting' should be changed to 'was visiting'.

• Missing commas around the clause 'who lives in New York'

Which of the following is a compound sentence that requires a comma? A) 'I like pizza and I like pasta.' B) 'I like pizza, and I like pasta.'

• I like pizza and pasta.

• I like pizza; I like pasta.

• I like pizza, I like pasta.

• B) 'I like pizza, and I like pasta.'

Fill in the blank with a comma if needed: 'The dog barked loudly but the cat remained calm.'

• No comma needed

• A comma is needed before 'but'

• A comma is needed after 'loudly'

• A comma is needed after 'calm'