Comma Pretest: Nonessential Phrase/Clause and Lists

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• Jake my black, and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me.

• Jake, my black and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me.

• Jake my black and white cat loves to sleep on the couch next to me.

• Jake, my black and white cat loves to sleep on the couch next to me.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Essential clauses and phrases should be set off from the rest of the sentence by commas.

• True
• False

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Read the following sentence and decide whether the phrase typed in green is essential or nonessential.
The football players on the field ran the ball and scored a touchdown.

• essential 
• nonessential

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which sentence contains correct comma placement?

• The Suez Canal which was completed in 1869 is 107 miles long.
• The Suez Canal, which was completed in 1869 is 107 miles long.
• The Suez Canal which was completed in 1869, is 107 miles long.
• The Suez Canal, which was completed in 1869, is 107 miles long.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which sentence contains correct comma placement?

• All animals that have backbones are classified as vertebrates.
• All animals, that have backbones, are classified as vertebrates.
• All animals, that have backbones are classified as vertebrates.
• All animals that have backbones, are classified as vertebrates.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which sentence contains correct comma placement?

• Our library gets rid of novels that have not circulated during the past five years.
• Our library gets rid of novels, that have not circulated during the past five years.
• Our library gets rid of novels that have not circulated, during the past five years.
• Our library gets rid of novels that have not, circulated during the past five years.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• I went to the store and bought apples, oranges and bananas. 
• I went to the store and bought apples, oranges, and, bananas. 
• I went to the store, and bought apples oranges and bananas. 
• I went to the store and bought apples, oranges, and bananas. 

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• My tenth birthday cake was pink purple sparkly, and so delicious.

• My tenth birthday cake was, pink purple sparkly and so delicious.

• My tenth birthday cake was pink, purple, sparkly, and so delicious.

• My tenth birthday cake was pink, purple, sparkly and so delicious.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

What sentence uses the comma correctly?

• The ground is snowy, wet and cold.

• The ground is snowy wet and cold.

• The ground is snowy, wet, and cold.

• The ground is, snowy, wet, and cold.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

The __________ comma comes before the "and" in a list. 

• Oxford
• Harvard
• Stanford
• UCSB

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A