Using Commas to Set Off Non-Restrictive Phrases

What's part of this sentence needs to be offset with commas? I sent my dad a quite serious man a silly gift for Christmas.

• my dad

• a quite serious man

• I

• a silly gift

What part of the sentence needs to be offset by commas?

Maria was a wonderful singer an award winner in fact.

• Maria

• a wonderful singer

• an award winner in fact

• winner

The Altena Fitness Center and Visker gymnasium which were built last year are busy every day.

• nonrestrictive

• restrictive

The treadmill which we got last year is required for your program.

• insert commas before which and after year

• leave it as is

• insert one comma after required

She claims that aerobic exercise which gets oxygen to the brain would help me get better grades.

• no commas needed

• comma needed before which and after brain

• comma needed after claims and after exercise

Which sentence uses COMMAS correctly to set off one or more words that interrupt the flow of the sentence?

• Justin who lives down the street from me, is going, to be at the party.

• Justin, who lives down the street from me is going to be at the party.

• Justin, who lives down the street from me, is going to be at the party.

Identify the phrase or clause:

David Shiffler, who was born in 1992, is already a famous fossil finder.

• Nonrestrictive

• Restrictive

A(n) ___ is used to set off direct quotations OR to separate 2 or more adjectives

• comma

• dash

• ellipsis

What part of this sentence needs to be offset with commas? The book which was published last year became a bestseller.

• A) The book

• B) which was published last year

• C) became a bestseller

• D) last year

Identify the non-restrictive phrase in this sentence: My brother, who is a doctor, works at the local hospital.

• A) My brother

• B) who is a doctor

• C) works at the local hospital

• D) the local hospital