Grammar Comma Usage Quiz

What is a "direct address" in grammar?

• A list of items

• A full date

• Addressing someone by name

• An address or location

Where should a comma be placed in a full date?

• Between the month and the day

• Between the day and the year

• After the year only

• Before the month

When writing an address, where should commas be placed?

• After the street name, city, and state

• Only after the street name

• Only after the city

• Only after the state

Where should commas be added in the sentence: "I went to the store to buy a bag of chips a can of soda and a box of Twinkies"?

• After "chips" and "soda"

• After "store" and "buy"

• After "bag" and "box"

• After "store" and "Twinkies"

Identify the correct placement of commas in the sentence: "My neighbor has a hideous stinky pet dog."

• After "hideous"

• After "neighbor"

• After "stinky"

• No commas needed

Where should commas be added in the sentence: "I don’t know what to tell you John."

• After "know" and "you"

• After "tell" and "John"

• After "you"

• After "tell"

In the sentence "The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is located at 1100 Rock and Roll Boulevard Cleveland Ohio," where should commas be added?

• After "Fame" and "Boulevard"

• After "located" and "1100"

• After "Boulevard" and "Cleveland"

• After "Hall" and "of"

What is the correct placement of commas in the sentence: "Turner Buckminster had lived in Phippsburg Maine for almost six whole hours."

• After "Turner" and "Phippsburg"

• After "Buckminster" and "Maine"

• After "lived" and "for"

• After "Phippsburg" and after "Maine"

In the sentence "I'd like eggs, pancakes, and a glass of orange juice," why is a comma used before "and"?

• To separate two independent clauses

• To list items in a series

• To indicate a pause

• To separate adjectives

In the sentence "The world will end on December 21, 2012, according to the Mayans," why are commas used around the year?

• To separate the date from the rest of the sentence

• To indicate a pause

• To separate adjectives

• To list items in a series