Quarter 1 Benchmark-- English II

Which sentence uses a comma correctly?

• Hey Andy, did you pick your toys up?
• I wonder if Andy, picked his toys up.
• When will, Andy pick his toys up?
• Andy your toys, need to be picked up.

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Which sentence uses a comma correctly?

• At breakfast this morning, I ate way too many pieces of bacon.
• Breakfast, is the most important meal of the day.
• I hope I get eggs toast and, bacon for breakfast.
• I never, eat, breakfast.

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11.5.W.6

Which sentence uses a comma pair correctly?

• Angela, who loves movies, always goes to midnight premiers.
• David who, hates movies, won't go with Angela.
• Angela wants to ask, David, to take her to the movies.
• If they, go to the movies, David will probably fall asleep.

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11.5.W.6

Which sentence uses a comma correctly?

• I ended up getting sick, so I had to cancel my plans and go home.
• My stomach started to grumble and I knew I, shouldn't have ate the burrito.
• After I ate my burrito I had to run, home.
• That burrito looks good but, I know I will regret it later.

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11.5.W.6

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• After school, I have to finish my homework, mow the yard, and then make dinner.
• Before, school I have to brush, my teeth pick out, an outfit and leave, on time.
• During school, I have to got to Math Science, and English.
• Over the weekend, I like to prepare for the next school week by picking out my clothes finishing my homework and catching up on sleep.

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Which sentence uses a semi-colon correctly?

• I was really tired today; luckily, I got everything accomplished.
• Even though I was really tired; I got everything done.
• I got everything accomplished; yay.
• Usually; I can still get things done even if I am tired.

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11.5.W.10

Which sentence uses a semi-colon correctly?

• My flight was canceled; right before takeoff.

• I can't wait to go to Cancun; the beach will be so relaxing.

• I hope we can get; another flight soon.

• As soon as I am on the beach; I know my worries will sail away.

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11.5.W.10

Which sentence uses a semi-colon correctly?

• My phone is going to die soon; I hope my teacher will let me use their charger.
• My phone just died; before I plugged it in.
• Before; my phone died, I asked my teacher if I could borrow a charger.
• My teacher said I could use their charger my phone; still died.

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11.5.W.10

Which sentence needs a semi-colon?

• The game the other night was so fun the whole crowd was yelling.
• I hope I can get a ride to the game tonight.
• Do you want to catch a ride to the game with me or someone else?
• Last weeks game wasn't as exciting as this one because we only scored 10 points.

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11.5.W.10

Which sentence needs a semi-colon?

• I wish I could go see the movie I need to finish my chores first.
• If I had finished my chores I could have gone to the movie.
• Hopefully I can finish my chores when I get back from the movie.
• After all I did I still couldn't go to the movies.

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