Chapter 11 Comma Practice

Read each set of sentences below. Three of the sentences in each set have errors in the use of end marks and commas; one sentence is written correctly. Choose the sentence that is written correctly, with NO ERRORS in the use of end marks and commas.

• The botanical gardens will be open to the public on March 12, 2002.

• Brad Smith, M.D. is the most competent orthopedic surgeon in this hospital.

• Yes, Mitchell is my given, name.

• Are you placing the antique blue overstuffed chair next to the chartreuse couch?

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Read each set of sentences below. Three of the sentences in each set have errors in the use of end marks and commas; one sentence is written correctly. Choose the sentence that is written correctly, with NO ERRORS in the use of end marks and commas.

• Won’t your Texas Lone Star quilt be ready for the arts and crafts festival.

• Are there enough tractors to plow the corn, alfalfa, and potato fields?

• At the end of the bee’s legs and on its right wing, are large deposits of pollen.

• “Ouch. That Arabian stallion tripped while jumping over the last and highest gate.”

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Read each set of sentences below. Three of the sentences in each set have errors in the use of end marks and commas; one sentence is written correctly. Choose the sentence that is written correctly, with NO ERRORS in the use of end marks and commas.

• “Watch out! There’s a nail in the road!” exclaimed Tess.

• Juan wants to know whether his mother makes better tamales than your sister?

• Stop feeding spaghetti to the dog immediately?

• The A Street Neighborhood Assn holds block parties for my neighborhood.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

Read each set of sentences below. Three of the sentences in each set have errors in the use of end marks and commas; one sentence is written correctly. Choose the sentence that is written correctly, with NO ERRORS in the use of end marks and commas.

• Yes I’m aware that these velvet ribbons are too long.

• I wonder whether she dyed the fabric for those beautiful pillows herself.

• Inside a black-and-yellow box in the attic was found an old, photograph album.

• Carrie please describe the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island for the class.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Read each set of sentences below. Three of the sentences in each set have errors in the use of end marks and commas; one sentence is written correctly. Choose the sentence that is written correctly, with NO ERRORS in the use of end marks and commas.

• Dad asked Rena to pick up the diaper bottle blanket and rattle.

• The recipe requires unrefined flour, and salt, and baking powder.

• Quickly assessing the situation Lin gave me instructions for treating heatstroke.

• On top of the picnic table beneath that big tree, a squirrel is eating some popcorn.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Read each set of sentences below. Three of the sentences in each set have errors in the use of end marks and commas; one sentence is written correctly. Choose the sentence that is written correctly, with NO ERRORS in the use of end marks and commas.

• Speaking of talented writers, have you read any stories by Thomas Hardy?

• In our yard art takes the form of topiaries.

• Pleased by Dan’s accomplishments his parents gave him a new trombone.

• Seeing-eye dogs in fact are incredibly loyal, strong, and intelligent.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

Read each set of sentences below. Three of the sentences in each set have errors in the use of end marks and commas; one sentence is written correctly. Choose the sentence that is written correctly, with NO ERRORS in the use of end marks and commas.

• Jesse’s role model his cousin Julio is gifted, versatile, and funny.

• Those flowers, which were grown in a hothouse this summer, are from Virginia.

• The sentimental movie, that Lee likes, is breaking box-office records throughout the country.

• The president who sends her deepest apologies, must make her presentation at another time.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Read each set of sentences below. Three of the sentences in each set have errors in the use of end marks and commas; one sentence is written correctly. Choose the sentence that is written correctly, with NO ERRORS in the use of end marks and commas.

• I hope that Grandmother Sanders will attend the party on February 14, 2002.

• That tree the oak is tall and has many new, green leaves.

• Do you have the videos about the Comanches Apaches and Cherokees?

• The pink plump piglet trotted across the barnyard to find its mother.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Read each set of sentences below. Three of the sentences in each set have errors in the use of end marks and commas; one sentence is written correctly. Choose the sentence that is written correctly, with NO ERRORS in the use of end marks and commas.

• Before we planted the Dutch tulips we tilled compost and blood meal.

• Oh I understand your objections to our plan.

• Using a hammer and chisel, Mona sculpted a statue of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• My closest friend and confidant Julie lives just one block away from my house.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Read each set of sentences below. Three of the sentences in each set have errors in the use of end marks and commas; one sentence is written correctly. Choose the sentence that is written correctly, with NO ERRORS in the use of end marks and commas.

• Ellen who is caring for my goldfish while I’m on vacation loves animals.

• The nest, that the sea gulls created, is in a crag on a nearly vertical cliff.

• According to you Arsenio Tyson is the best pianist at our school.

• Steve, please help me understand the habits of armadillos.

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2