Basic Comma Rules

What change, if any, should be made to the sentence below? Amanda showed up late to school so she got a detention.

• a comma should be placed before so

• delete the comma after unfortunately

• change Amanda to amanda

• no change.

What correction should be made to the sentence?

Casually, she moved to the door, opened it, looked inside and screamed.

• delete the comma after door

• insert a comma after moved

• delete the comma after casually

• insert a comma before and

What correction, if any, should be made to the sentence below?

He was a creative smart individual.

• comma between creative and smart

• change the period to an explanation point.

• capitalize individual

• no change

What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence?Courtney, Miranda, Jamie and Margaret are going to my house after school.

• capitalize the word school

• capitalize the word house

• add a comma after Jamie

• no change

Match the following comma rules with their correctly punctuated sentence.

• Before the STAAR test, you must turn your phone into the teacher.

• List

• You need a pencil, scratch paper, and dictionary for your STAAR test.

• Introductory Phrase

• Compound Sentence

• Lunch is served, usually around 11:30, in the classroom you take the test.

• Interrupter Phrasae

• Most of us dislike the STAAR test, but we still are required to take it anyway.

What change, if any, should be made to the following sentence? I want to get a dog but my mother is against the idea.

• add a comma after but.

• place a comma before but

• capitalize mother

• no change

What correction should be made to the sentence?

Sally, Amy and Julian did not get along.

• delete the comma after Sally

• insert a comma after Amy

• change Amy to amy

• make no change

What change should be made to this sentence?

Jamie was the most beautiful stunning girl I had ever seen.

• Change Jamie to jamie

• place a comma between beautiful and stunning

• change I to i

• make no change

What change, if any, should be made to this sentence?

Henry's birthday is October 31 2010.

• Change birthday to Birthday

• Insert a comma after October

• Insert a comma after 31

• Make no change

What change, if any, should be made to this sentence?

I live in Irving TX.

• Insert a comma after Irving

• Change Irving to irving

• change TX to Tx

• Make no change