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Where should the commas go?
The deer head up ears alert listened for danger.

• The deer, head up, ears alert, listened for danger.
• The deer, head up ears alert, listened for danger.
• The deer head up ears alert, listened for danger.
• The deer head, up ears alert, listened for danger.

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Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• Petey my pet snake has only bitten one person.
• Petey, my pet snake, has only bitten one person.
• Petey, my pet snake has only bitten one person.
• Petey my pet snake, has only bitten one person.

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Where does the comma go?
If it is hot we will go swimming and then will eat ice cream.

• hot, 
• swimming, 
• no comma needed

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Which word is spelled incorrectly in the sentence?
A pear of something is two objects.

• two
• something 
• pear

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What goes in the blank? 
 
Zadie Smith is a writer who grew up in London___ she is best known for her award-winning novel White Teeth.

• semicolon
• colon
• comma
• none of the above

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If you will stay, I'll prepare a snack.

• Correctly written and punctuated
• Not correctly punctuated
• Almost correctly punctuated
• None of the above

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Select the sentence that correctly uses the
F.A.N.B.O.Y.S  Comma Rule.

• He is a student, and a scholar. 
• He is  a student, and he is a scholar. 
• He is a student, a boy, and a scholar. 
• He, and his sister go to the store. 

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Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• Sam likes Coke, but John like Pepsi.
• Sam likes Coke but, John likes Pepsi.
• Sam likes Coke but John likes Pepsi.
• Sam likes Coke, but, John likes Pepsi.

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Is the following punctuation correct or incorrect?
The school will sell homemade baked goods: muffins, rolls, cakes, and cookies.

• correct
• incorrect

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Computers do many calculations at once ___ however, they cannot think.

• 
• 
• 
• no punctuation needed

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