Commas STAAR practice

What change, if any, should be made?

Hot dogs hamburgers, and pizza were on the menu today.

• delete the comma after hamburgers

• insert a comma after hot dogs

• make no change

What change if any should be made to the following sentence?

While on our trip, we saw tall redwood trees.

• delete the comma after trip

• insert a comma after tall

• make no change

What change if any should be made to the following sentence?

Fred twisted his ankle, and scraped his knee.

• delete the comma after ankle

• insert a comma after Fred

• make no change

What change, if any should be made to the following sentence?

Bob was nervous about being in the cold, dark, damp forest.

• delete the comma after cold

• insert a comma after damp

• make no change

What change if any should be made to the following sentence?

As I told you the test is tomorrow.

• insert a comma after you

• insert a comma test

• make no change

What change if any needs to be made to following sentence?

After, the meeting was over, the staff was exhausted.

• insert a comma after staff

• delete the comma after the word after

• make no change

what change if any needs to be made to the following sentence?

I went to the game to laugh have fun, and talk with my friends.

• insert a comma after laugh

• delete the comma after fun

• make no change

Where should the comma(s) go?

When Alfred finally realized the gravity of the situation it was much too late.

• after "Alfred"

• after "situation"

• no comma necessary

Where should the comma(s) go?

The giant sequoia trees have been growing for hundreds of years but they have not been cut down because the national park system protects them.

• after "years"

• after "down"

• no comma necessary

Where should the comma(s) go?

Noah threw a perfect spiral and all of the coaches were impressed.

• after "perfect"

• after "spiral"

• no comma necessary