You need to use a listing comma when you have three or more items in your list. How many items do you need to use a listing comma?

• 3

• 3

• 3

• 3

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Which sentence uses the listing comma correctly?

• I will need eggs, bacon, and steak.

• I will need eggs, bacon and steak.

• I will need eggs bacon and steak.

• I will need eggs bacon, and steak

Answer explanation

The correct sentence:

I will need eggs, bacon, and steak.

We are listing off the foods which we will be cooking with.

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

What do you need to cook your favorite dinner? Use a listing commas and type in your answer below (remember, you need at least three items and there should be two commas within the answer).

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Where is the listing comma used correctly?

• I like nachos burgers, and pizza.

• I like nachos burgers and pizza.

• I like nachos, burgers, and pizza.

• I like nachos, burgers and pizza.

Answer explanation

The correct sentence:

I like nachos, burgers, and pizza.

In this sentence, we are listing off types of food that we like.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Where do the listing commas go?

Benny, do you have red white and blue ribbons for the celebration?

• After the words "red" and "white"

• After the word "red"

• After the word "white"

• After the words "white" and "blue"

Answer explanation

The sentence should read:

Benny, do you have red, white, and blue ribbons for the celebration?

We are listing the colors of ribbon in this example.

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

We use listing commas to separate items in a list.

"When we go shopping, we need to pick up shoes, coats, and socks."

What items are on our list?

• We need to pick up

• Winter items

• When we go shopping

• Shoes

  Coats

  Socks

Answer explanation

Winter items or shoes, coats, and socks are on our shopping list.

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Follow this link or copy and paste it into another tab. Watch the video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D__-0m8wvLA

• I watched it

• I did not watch it

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

Where should the comma go in this sentence?

Benny what are you doing?

• Benny what are you, doing?

• No comma needed

• Benny, what are you doing?

• Benny what, are you doing?

Answer explanation

Introductory commas are often used to differentiate names from the sentence.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Allison fish are fun!

• Allison, fish are fun!

• No comma needed.

• Allison fish, are fun!

• Allison fish are, fun!

Answer explanation

In this sentence, we are speaking to somebody need Allison rather than speaking about a type of fish called "Allison fish".

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Write a sentence using an introducer comma.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A