Comma/apostrophe practice

I tried to obtain a loan however, all my friends said they had no money.

• Incorrect, needs a comma after loan

• Incorrect, needs a comma after had

• correct

• Incorrect, needs a comma after friends

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

They said they had no money because they had problems with cash flow.

• correct as written

• incorrect, needs a comma after said

• incorrect, needs quotation marks

• incorrect, needs a comma after money

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Paul was a pilot but most of us were afraid to fly with him.

• incorrect, needs a comma after pilot

• correct as written

• incorrect, needs a comma after but

• incorrect, needs a comma after fly

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

His aircraft was an old Cessna that sounded like a large lawn mower.

• correct as written

• incorrect, needs a comma after Cessna

• incorrect, needs a comma after aircraft

• incorrect, needs a comma after sounded

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

After we landed in a farmer’s field I returned home by bus.

• incorrect, needs a comma after field

• correct as written

• incorrect, needs a comma after landed and after field

• incorrect, needs a comma after home

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

The party started late and it ended just before sunrise.

• correct as written

• incorrect, needs a comma after late

• incorrect, needs a comma after just

• incorrect, needs a comma after before

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

One of his popular books is The Talk Show Murders a novel in which Allen fictionalized some experiences of real-life talk-show hosts

• incorrect, needs a comma after Murders

• correct as written

• incorrect, needs a comma after books and after Murders

• incorrect, needs a comma after Murders and after novel

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

The talk-show industry is on the verge of collapse because future guests start canceling their appearances

• correct as written

• incorrect, needs a comma after collapse

• incorrect, needs a comma after guests

• incorrect, needs a comma after verge

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

That drink is his last as Toni Tennille, the host, looks at him in horror.

• incorrect, needs a comma after last

• correct as written

• incorrect, take out the comma after host

• incorrect, needs no commas at all

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

By the time a few others (from celebrities to members of the audience) die all show business feels at the mercy of this psychopath.

• incorrect, needs a comma after die

• correct as written

• Incorrect, needs a comma after business

• incorrect, needs a comma after others

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A