Commas - Coordinating conjunctions and quotations

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• Gorillas are mammals and, all mammals need to breathe air.

• I always serve cookies, and cake at my birthday parties.

• Jack likes cheese, pizza but he won't touch a veggie pizza.

• I did not complete my homework, so I'm not allowed to play on the computer.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1I

Where does the comma go if there are words before a quotation?

• place the comma after the first word in the quotation

• Place the comma after the last word before the quotation

• Place the comma after the first word in the quotation and after the last word before the quotation.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

What is the mistake in the following sentence?

"There are lots of kids in the pool, she added, "so it might be too crowded to practice our laps."

• The comma is not needed after "added"

• The s in "so" needs to be capitalized

• There should be an ending quotation mark after the word "pool"

• There should be an ending quotation mark before the word "she" and after the comma.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• Go get your socks, shoes and, soccer ball.

• My neighbors Chris, Brandon Logan, and Sal are coming over after school today!

• "Do not touch the stove," Jackie warned.

• "Hey, stop that! It hurts! Kelly yelled.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Which of the following is NOT a coordinating conjunction?

• because

• and

• yet

• for

• but

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.5.1A

True or False:

A coordinating conjunction is used to join two simple sentences.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.5.1A

Which sentence uses commas correctly to separate three or more items in a series?

• At Thanksgiving dinner, I ate a lot of turkey, sweet, potato casserole, and stuffing.

• A volcano has never erupted in New York, nor is it ever likely to.

• "I can't forget to grab milk, eggs, sugar, butter, and chocolate chips," Melissa thought to herself.

• "Caroline, hurry and grab your lunchbox, and backpack, or else we will be late!" said Grandma Josephine.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

When would you need to use quotation marks?

• When quoting words from a poem

• When quoting words from a song

• When quoting words from a pamphlet/flyer

• When quoting the words spoken by a person

• When quoting words from a text

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D