F5 Grammar & Punctuation

I wanted to buy a soda but I didn't have any money.

• No change.

• I wanted to buy a soda; but I didn't have any money.

• I wanted to buy a soda, but, I didn't have any money.

• I wanted to buy a soda, but I didn't have any money.

She was looking for you last night when she came to my house you were already gone.

• No change.

• She was looking for you last night, when she came to my house you were already gone.

• She was looking for you last night when she came to my house; you were already gone.

• She was looking for you last night when she came to my house, you were already gone.

We had no idea where you were where did you go.

• No change.

• We had no idea where you were? Where did you go?

• We had no idea where you were, where did you go.

• We had no idea where you were; where did you go?

They asked me where did she go

• No change.

• They asked me, "Where did she go?"

• They asked me, where did she go?

• They asked me where did she go.

Which of these sentences has the comma in the right place?

• Get the nails the hammer and, the pliers before you start.

• Get, the nails the hammer and the pliers before you start.

• Get the nails, the hammer and the pliers before you start.

• Get the nails the hammer, and the pliers before you start.

All of the people at the school, including the teachers and _______________ were glad when summer break came.

• students:

• students,

• students;

• students

Choose the sentence below with the correct punctuation.

• Ted and Janice, who had been friends for years, went on vacation together every summer.

• Ted and Janice, who had been friends for years, went on vacation together, every summer.

• Ted, and Janice who had been friends for years, went on vacation together every summer.

• Ted and Janice who had been friends for years went on vacation together every summer.

In Edgar Allen Poe’s _______________________ Edgar Allen Poe describes a man with a guilty conscience.

• short story, “The Tell-Tale Heart,”

• short story The Tell-Tale Heart,

• short story, The Tell-Tale Heart

• short story. “the Tell-Tale Heart,”

Which of these sentences has BOTH commas in the right places?

• Secretaries, or, other workers can often get free eye tests.

• Secretaries, or other workers can often, get free eye tests.

• Secretaries or, other workers can often, get free eye tests

• Secretaries, or other workers, can often get free eye tests.

Which of these sentences has BOTH commas in the right places?

• The window frames, which are all, different colours need painting.

• The window frames which are all, different colours, need painting.

• The window frames, which are all different colours, need painting.

• The window frames which are, all different colours, need painting.