Mastering Commas in 4th Grade

What is the purpose of a comma in a sentence?

• To emphasize a word in a sentence.

• To indicate a pause or separate elements in a sentence.

• To indicate a question in a sentence.

• To replace a period in a sentence.

Identify the correct place for a comma in this sentence: 'I bought apples oranges and bananas.'

• I bought apples oranges, and bananas.

• I bought apples, oranges, and bananas.

• I bought, apples oranges and bananas.

• I bought apples, oranges and bananas.

Which of the following sentences uses commas correctly? A) 'My favorite colors are red blue and green.' B) 'My favorite colors are red, blue, and green.'

• My favorite colors are red, blue and green.

• My favorite colors are red blue, and green.

• B) 'My favorite colors are red, blue, and green.'

• My favorite colors are, red blue and green.

How many commas are needed in this list: 'dog cat rabbit'?

• 1

• 3

• 4

• 2

Choose the sentence that correctly uses commas: A) 'After school I will go to the park.' B) 'After school, I will go to the park.'

• B) 'After school, I will go to the park.'

• After school I will, go to the park.

• After school I will go to the park,

• After school, I will go to the park,

What part of speech is often separated by commas in a series?

• Adjective

• Noun

• Adverb

• Verb

Fill in the blank with a comma if needed: 'I want to go to the movies but I have homework.'

• I want to go to the movies; but I have homework.

• I want to go to the movies, but I have homework.

• I want to go to the movies, and I have homework.

• I want to go to the movies but, I have homework.

Which of the following is a correct use of a comma? A) 'She said she would come but she didn't.' B) 'She said, she would come but she didn't.'

• 'She said she would come and she didn't.'

• A

• 'She said she would come, but she didn't.'

• 'She said she would come; but she didn't.'

Identify the error in this sentence: 'My brother who is 10 years old loves soccer.'

• Add a comma before 'who'.

• Replace 'soccer' with 'basketball'.

• Remove 'who' from the sentence.

• Change 'loves' to 'love'.

When should you use a comma before the word 'and'?

• When listing adjectives in a sentence.

• When separating independent clauses or items in a list.

• Before every conjunction in a sentence.

• When the sentence is a question.