Commas Review

Read this sentence from a student’s draft.

Many students in rural areas do not get access to quality education. ___________, they struggle to find well-paid jobs after graduating from high school.

Which of the following words would BEST fit in the blank?

• A) Consequently

• B) Moreover

• C) In short

• D) On the other hand

Your teacher has asked you to write a letter to her about allowing snacks in your classroom. Which of the following reasons would you NOT include in your essay to support your opinion?

• During class, students are often hungry, and it distracts them from their work.

• Healthy snacks are good brain food.

• It is healthier to eat small meals/snacks during the day rather than three large meals.

• Eating snacks in the classroom may create an unclean learning environment.

Dear Mrs. Johnson,

I am writing to make a suggestion that you allow us students to keep healthy snacks in our desks to eat whenever we want. During class, we are often hungry, and it distracts us from our work. If we could have a snack whenever we wanted one, instead of just at snack time, I think we would be able to concentrate better on our assignments. In addition, healthy snacks are good brain food. Therefore, they would help us finish our work on time and get better grades. I know you might say that the room would be too messy with all of the snacking going on, but I bet students would agree to clean up after themselves if they could have snacks when they wanted them.

Sincerely,

Tina Young

Which sentence is the BEST closing statement for this student's letter?

• A) Please allow us to bring snacks that are easy to clean up and keep in our desks until snack time.

• B) Please think about requiring students to bring only healthy snacks to school for snack time so that they will get better grades.

• C) Please consider my request to keep healthy snacks that are easy to clean up in our desks so that we can have them when we are hungry and focus on our work.

• D) Please ask all of the students if they would like to bring something healthy for snack time every day so that they can focus on their work.

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• You will, come to the picnic won’t you?

• Do you like hot dogs with mustard, or ketchup?

• Chocolate cupcakes are your favorite, aren’t they?

• Would you like some of the lemonade, that Mary made?

Read this sentence.

Will you teach me how to make paper flowers Aunt Ellen?

To correct this sentence, a comma should be placed after which word?

• you

• me

• make

• flowers

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• Yes, the story did have a plot to follow.

• Sarah has dreams, about growing up to be a tall graceful dancer.

• Bobby had to, check the mail clean his room and do his homework.

• By the end of the year he had grown, two inches.

In which sentence is a comma used correctly to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence?

• Combining baking soda, red food coloring, and vinegar, creates a reaction that imitates a volcanic eruption.

• Although we did not have all of the tools we needed, we were able to build the birdhouse anyway.

• To start on the report for science, without doing research on my topic first, would be a mistake.

• They decided to go watch the football game, after they finished their homework, though.