End Marks & Commas

How should you read the following question: Which flower is your favorite?

• as loudly as possible

• with the pitch of your voice going up at the end

• as quietly as possible

• start high, but then your voice gets lower as you read

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

Which end mark should you use for this sentence:

You're late again

• Use a period if you are making a simple statement.

• Use an exclamation point if you are very upset that the person is late again or you are yelling at them.

• Use a question mark if you are asking them about being late.

• All of these options could be correct, depending on the meaning of the sentence.

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Where should you put a comma in this sentence?

The teacher repeated the directions but I was still confused.

• but, I

• repeated, the

• directions, but

• was, still

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Where should the commas go?

Dad asked if we wanted to have meatloaf hamburgers or pizza on Saturday.

• meatloaf, hamburgers, or

• asked, if

• meatloaf hamburgers, or, pizza

• Dad, asked, if, we

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Are commas needed in the following sentence:

Several tired hikers straggled back to camp.

• Yes, there should be a comma between "several" and "tired" because you separate adjectives with commas.

• No, you don't need commas because the adjectives in the sentence MUST stay in the order in which they are written.

• Yes, there should be a comma between "several" and "tired" because they are adjectives of equal importance.

• No, you don't need commas because nobody likes using commas anyway.

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• Inside, the smallest of the four boxes, Sue, found a marble egg.

• No I haven't, seen Andrew, this morning.

• Well where have, you, been?

• Oddly enough, that pattern was been discontinued.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• Jeff noticed a car leaving the scene of the accident.

• The captain, of the basketball team, who is an A student, won a full scholarship.

• Mrs. Parsons is the teacher, whom most of us have for science.

• Adam a friend of mine from camp will be visiting me next week.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which item is punctuated correctly?

• Tuesday, April 7, 2018

• Chicago, Illinois

• "The answer," said Phil, "is on page 13."

• All of these options is correct.

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CCSS.L.2.2B

CCSS.L.3.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.2A

When reading a sentence, what should you do when you see a comma?

• run

• pause

• stop and wait for a few minutes before continuing

• raise the pitch of your voice

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

In general, we use commas to

• help clarify the meaning of a sentence.

• separate items that would be confusing otherwise.

• show what is more or less important in a sentence

• all of these options is correct.

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CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.2B