Commas & Apostrophes

Many people in America are going out for fondue, one of the country’s fastest-growing social events. 

• NO CHANGE
• country’s fastly growing
• countries fastest-growing
• countries’ fastest-growing

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.2D

CCSS.L.2.2C

Where should the comma go?
Fortunately the vehicle worked well.

• vehicle,
• worked,
• Fortunately,
• The  sentence does not need commas

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Mrs. English has an exhilarating, crazy, tech-driven, demanding, class. 

• The sentence is correct
• Get rid of the comma after "demanding"
• add a comma after "Mrs. English"
• Take out all of the commas

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

For the last quarter, various executives and manufacturers’ of automobile parts have been under siege by their bosses for not producing results fast enough.

• NO CHANGE
• those with manufactures
• manufacturer’s
• manufacturers

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.2D

CCSS.L.2.2C

Throughout the decades, a variety of fashions and designers’ of outfits have graced the covers of high-end magazines.

• NO CHANGE
• designers
• designer’s
• those with designs

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.2D

CCSS.L.2.2C

A publishing deal can put a lot of pressure on a writers mind.

• NO CHANGE
• a writer’s
• an authors
• an authors’

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.2D

CCSS.L.2.2C

Rumor’s have been present since the height of Frank Sinatra’s career: maybe he had ties with organized crime in Las Vegas, or maybe he was actually working for the CIA.

• NO CHANGE
• Rumors
• Rumors’
• Rumor

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.2D

CCSS.L.2.2C

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• Since I was absent on Tuesday, I have a lot of make-up work to do. 
• Since, I was absent on Tuesday I have a lot of make-up work to do. 
• Since I was absent, on Tuesday, I have a lot of make-up work to do. 
• Since I was absent on Tuesday, I have a lot, of make-up work to do. 

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

We ventured off the route, but with the help of our compass, we reached the trails end.

• NO CHANGE
• trail’s
• trails’
• trails’s

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.2D

CCSS.L.2.2C

I always end up in this awkward situation—embarrassedly giving back someone else’s tool. 

• NO CHANGE
• elses’
• elses 
• nights’s

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.2D

CCSS.L.2.2C