Comma Practice

Read each set of sentences below. Three of the sentences in each set have errors in the use of end marks and commas; one sentence is written correctly. Choose the sentence that is written correctly, with NO ERRORS in the use of end marks and commas.

• The botanical gardens will be open to the public on March 12, 2002.

• Brad Smith, M.D. is the most competent orthopedic surgeon in this hospital.

• Yes, Mitchell is my given, name.

• Are you placing the antique blue overstuffed chair next to the chartreuse couch?

Read each set of sentences below. Three of the sentences in each set have errors in the use of end marks and commas; one sentence is written correctly. Choose the sentence that is written correctly, with NO ERRORS in the use of end marks and commas.

• Won’t your Texas Lone Star quilt be ready for the arts and crafts festival.

• Are there enough tractors to plow the corn, alfalfa, and potato fields?

• At the end of the bee’s legs and on its right wing, are large deposits of pollen.

• “Ouch. That Arabian stallion tripped while jumping over the last and highest gate.”

Read each set of sentences below. Three of the sentences in each set have errors in the use of end marks and commas; one sentence is written correctly. Choose the sentence that is written correctly, with NO ERRORS in the use of end marks and commas.

• “Watch out! There’s a nail in the road!” exclaimed Tess.

• Juan wants to know whether his mother makes better tamales than your sister?

• Stop feeding spaghetti to the dog immediately?

• The A Street Neighborhood Assn holds block parties for my neighborhood.

Read each set of sentences below. Three of the sentences in each set have errors in the use of end marks and commas; one sentence is written correctly. Choose the sentence that is written correctly, with NO ERRORS in the use of end marks and commas.

• Yes I’m aware that these velvet ribbons are too long.

• I wonder whether she dyed the fabric for those beautiful pillows herself.

• Inside a black-and-yellow box in the attic was found an old, photograph album.

• Carrie please describe the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island for the class.

Read each set of sentences below. Three of the sentences in each set have errors in the use of end marks and commas; one sentence is written correctly. Choose the sentence that is written correctly, with NO ERRORS in the use of end marks and commas.

• Dad asked Rena to pick up the diaper bottle blanket and rattle.

• The recipe requires unrefined flour, and salt, and baking powder.

• Quickly assessing the situation Lin gave me instructions for treating heatstroke.

• On top of the picnic table beneath that big tree, a squirrel is eating some popcorn.

Read each set of sentences below. Three of the sentences in each set have errors in the use of end marks and commas; one sentence is written correctly. Choose the sentence that is written correctly, with NO ERRORS in the use of end marks and commas.

• Speaking of talented writers, have you read any stories by Thomas Hardy?

• In our yard art takes the form of topiaries.

• Pleased by Dan’s accomplishments his parents gave him a new trombone.

• Seeing-eye dogs in fact are incredibly loyal, strong, and intelligent.

Read each set of sentences below. Three of the sentences in each set have errors in the use of end marks and commas; one sentence is written correctly. Choose the sentence that is written correctly, with NO ERRORS in the use of end marks and commas.

• Jesse’s role model his cousin Julio is gifted, versatile, and funny.

• Those flowers, which were grown in a hothouse this summer, are from Virginia.

• The sentimental movie, that Lee likes, is breaking box-office records throughout the country.

• The president who sends her deepest apologies, must make her presentation at another time.

Read each set of sentences below. Three of the sentences in each set have errors in the use of end marks and commas; one sentence is written correctly. Choose the sentence that is written correctly, with NO ERRORS in the use of end marks and commas.

• I hope that Grandmother Sanders will attend the party on February 14, 2002.

• That tree the oak is tall and has many new, green leaves.

• Do you have the videos about the Comanches Apaches and Cherokees?

• The pink plump piglet trotted across the barnyard to find its mother.

Read each set of sentences below. Three of the sentences in each set have errors in the use of end marks and commas; one sentence is written correctly. Choose the sentence that is written correctly, with NO ERRORS in the use of end marks and commas.

• Before we planted the Dutch tulips we tilled compost and blood meal.

• Oh I understand your objections to our plan.

• Using a hammer and chisel, Mona sculpted a statue of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• My closest friend and confidant Julie lives just one block away from my house.

Read each set of sentences below. Three of the sentences in each set have errors in the use of end marks and commas; one sentence is written correctly. Choose the sentence that is written correctly, with NO ERRORS in the use of end marks and commas.

• Ellen who is caring for my goldfish while I’m on vacation loves animals.

• The nest, that the sea gulls created, is in a crag on a nearly vertical cliff.

• According to you Arsenio Tyson is the best pianist at our school.

• Steve, please help me understand the habits of armadillos.