Expressive Writing Review

Expressive Writing Review

by Caitlin Irwin

​Commas in a series:

• ​The word and should only appear once in a list, at the end.

• If you remove the word and, you must replace it with a comma.

• ​The comma shows that something is missing.

Multiple Choice

If you remove the word and from a list, what must you replace and with?

• a period

• nothing

• a comma

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence:

• There was pizza salad and lemonade for dinner

• There was pizza salad lemonade for dinner.

• There was pizza, salad, and lemonade for dinner.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence:

• The student wore a hat, gloves, coat, and scarf.

• The student wore a hat, gloves coat and scarf.

• The student wore a hat gloves coat and scarf.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence:

• You need your binder, computer, pencil for class.

• You need your binder, computer, and pencil for class.

• You need your binder computer and pencil for class.

​Sentences that Tell When

• When a sentence begins with a part that tells when, it needs:

  • ​​a comma after the part that tells when

• ​Words that tell when include:

  • ​Finally

  • ​Today

  • ​After

  • ​During

Multiple Choice

What does a sentence need if it starts with a part that tells when?

• a comma

• a period

• quotation marks

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence:

• Finally the rain stopped.

• Finally, the rain stopped.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence:

• During the day, we will go to the beach.

• During the day we will go to the beach

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence:

• After school, I will go to piano.

• After school I will go to piano.

​Quotations:

• ​When a person is talking, you need to put quotations around the exact words the person said.

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence:

• Sarah said, "I can't wait for your birthday party."

• Sarah said, I can't wait for your birthday party

• Sarah said. I can't wait for your birthday party."

Multiple Choice

Where do you put quotation marks?

• around the whole sentence

• around the exact words someone said.

• at the beginning

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence:

• Kathy said, "Tomorrow will be a good day.

• Kathy said. tomorrow will be a good day".

• Kathy said, "Tomorrow will be a good day."

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct sentence:

• "Have you seen the new Spiderman movie?" Jackson asked.

• Have you seen the new Spiderman movie," Jackson asked?"

• "Have you seen the new Spiderman movie, Jackson asked?"

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct answer:

• Let's plan a vacation to Florida. Sam said

• "Let's plan a vacation to Florida," Sam said.

• "Let's plan a vacation to Florida, Sam said."

Open Ended

Write the following with the correct punctuation:

There was milk and eggs and water in the fridge.

Open Ended

Write the following with the correct punctuation:

Can you get me a pencil and a paper and a paperclip?

Open Ended

Write the following with the correct punctuation:

I had fun at gymnastics last night she said

Open Ended

Write the following with the correct punctuation:

We will need to buy some new sweatpants and sweatshirts and t shirts.

Open Ended

Write the following with the correct punctuation:

Henry said let's not be late to class again

Open Ended

Write the following with the correct punctuation

Can we run in the race tomorrow the children asked

Open Ended

Write the following with the correct punctuation:

When it is cold we should wear a jacket.

Open Ended

Write the following with the correct punctuation:

During the day the sun is shining.

Open Ended

Write the following with the correct punctuation:

After the meeting the group went to lunch.