Comma Quiz #1

Which option below is using the Oxford comma?

• We ate pizza, cake, and ice cream.

• We told Jimmy, my brother, to meet us there.

• Do you know, Kate, where Hollister is?

What is the best way to punctuate this sentence?

• Ollie texted his mom, grabbed his coat, and danced all the way home.

• Ollie texted his mom, grabbed his coat and danced all the way home.

• Ollie texted, his mom, grabbed his coat, and danced all the way home.

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

• The tall, pine tree swayed in the wind.

• The tall pine tree swayed in the wind.

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

• The cold, winter weather makes me miserable!

• The cold winter weather makes me miserable!

What is an appositive?

• A noun or pronoun that identifies or explains another noun or pronoun next to it.

• A group of adjectives.

• The opposite of a negative.

Commas are not always used to set off an appositive.

• True

• False

Which sentence is properly punctuated?

• I spent a lot of time playing my favorite game Genshin Impact.

• I spent a lot of time playing my favorite game, Genshin Impact.

If an appositive comes in the middle of a sentence and does not need to be there in order for the meaning to be clear, then you should use 2 commas to set it off.

• True

• False

Which sentence is properly punctuated?

• I love to eat chocolate, graham crackers and water for breakfast!

• I love to eat chocolate, graham crackers, and water for breakfast!

Which sentence is properly punctuated?

• My favorite candy Starburst, has several different flavors red, yellow, orange, and pink.

• My favorite candy, Starburst, has several different flavors, red, yellow, orange, and pink.