Commas to Specify Meaning
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5th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which sentence reads more clearly?
I went to the movies with Frank and Robert went home.
I went to the movies with Frank, and Robert went home.
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CCSS.L.4.2C
CCSS.L.6.2A
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Identify the correct placement of a comma in the following sentence: She loves cooking her family and her dog.
She loves cooking, her family, and her dog.
She loves cooking her family, and her dog.
She loves cooking her family and, her dog.
She loves, cooking her family and her dog.
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CCSS.L.4.2C
CCSS.L.4.2B
CCSS.L.5.2B
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Always use a comma when it will prevent confusion
I just talked to Alain, and Judy got angry
I just talked with Alain and Judy got angry.
If Jaclyn, had known, everything would have been different.
If Jaclyn had known, everything would have been differnet.
Tags
CCSS.L.4.2C
CCSS.L.4.2B
CCSS.L.5.2B
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Unwilling to let her daughter walk to school alone; Emily accompanied her every day.
No change
Walk to school alone. Emily
Walk to school alone, Emily
Walk to school alone: Emily
Walk to school alone Emily
Tags
CCSS.L.4.2C
CCSS.L.4.2B
CCSS.L.5.2B
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What does a comma do?
ends a sentence
separates major sentence elements
They are used to make a pause in a sentence and to seperate a list.
finds the literary property
Tags
CCSS.L.4.2C
CCSS.L.6.2A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which sentence is correct?
The dogs, and cats ate bowls of pet food at the shelter.
The dogs and, cats, ate bowls of pet, food at the shelter.
The dogs and cats ate bowls of pet food at the shelter.
The, dogs, and, cats, ate, bowls of, pet food at, the shelter.
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CCSS.L.4.2C
CCSS.L.6.2A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Brittney would like a skateboard, or a lasso for her birthday. What change needs to be made to this sentence?
Remove a comma after skateboard
Add a comma after or
Add a comma after lasso
No change needed
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CCSS.L.4.2C
CCSS.L.6.2A
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