Commas in Coordinate Adjectives

Commas in Coordinate Adjectives Escape Room.

Multiple Choice

Which sentence has coordinate adjectives and needs a comma?

• We walked down the dark bumpy road.

• I like warm molasses cookies.

Multiple Select

Try guessing which sentence has coordinate adjectives and needs a comma.

• The tall thin woman opened the door.

• I wanted to see the bright blue shirt.

Multiple Select

Try guessing which sentence has coordinate adjectives and needs a comma.

• The old dried marker didn't work.

• The black overhead marker didn't work.

What do you think is the rule for commas in coordinate adjectives?

• Talk to your partner.

• Hint--do you notice "tests" to see whether or not you need a comma?

Look at this sentence that does NOT have coordinate adjectives. (No comma)

• She wanted a large orange soda.

• Do the following two sentences make sense?

• She wanted an orange large soda?

• She wanted a large and orange soda?

Look at this sentence that does NOT have coordinate adjectives. (No comma)

• The old oak tree is rotten.

• Do these sentences make sense?

• The oak old tree is rotten.

• The old and oak tree is rotten?

Look at this sentence that DOES have coordinate adjectives and a comma.

• The rusted, creaky tractor sat in their backyard.

• Do these sentences make sense?

• The creaky, rusted tractor sat in their backyard.

• The creaky and rusted tractor sat in their backyard.

Look at this sentence that DOES have coordinate adjectives, and a comma.

• We awoke to the sound of cheerful, perky songbirds.

• Do these sentences make sense?

• We awoke to the sound of perky, cheerful songbirds.

• We awoke to the sound of cheerful and perky songbirds.

Multiple Choice

Look at the underlined adjectives in the sentences below.

Are they coordinate adjectives (and therefore need a comma)?

Choose the correct sentence.

• She was a shy quiet girl.

• She was a shy, quiet girl.

This needed a comma.

She was a shy, quiet girl.

• She was a quiet, shy girl.

• She was a shy and quiet girl.

• Those sound right.

Multiple Choice

Look at the underlined adjectives in the sentences below.

Are they coordinate adjectives (and therefore need a comma)?

Choose the correct sentence.

• That was a difficult, quarterly assessment,.

• That was a difficult quarterly assessment.

This didn't need a comma.

That was a difficult quarterly assessment.

• That was a quarterly difficult assessment.

• That was a difficult and quarterly assessment.

• Those don't sound quite right...

Multiple Choice

Look at the underlined adjectives in the sentences below.

Are they coordinate adjectives (and therefore need a comma)?

Choose the correct sentence.

• I liked the bright, shiny ring.

• I liked the bright shiny ring.

This did need a comma.

I liked the bright, shiny ring.

• I liked the shiny, bright ring.

• I liked the bright and shiny ring.

• Those sound right.

Multiple Choice

Look at the underlined adjectives in the sentences below.

Are they coordinate adjectives (and therefore need a comma)?

Choose the correct sentence.

• Shannon loved the peaceful, watercolor paintings.

• Shannon loved the peaceful watercolor paintings.

This did not need a comma.

Shannon loved the peaceful watercolor paintings.

• Shannon loved the watercolor peaceful paintings.

• Shannon loved the peaceful and watercolor paintings.

• Those don't sound right...

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