Comma Usage

Choose the correct use of a comma.

• Draco Malfoy enjoys baking cookies as long as he gets to lick, the spoon afterward.

• Draco Malfoy enjoys baking cookies as long as he gets to lick the spoon afterward.

Choose the correct use of a comma.

• Slurping her chicken noodle soup Hermione Granger had already decided to have another bowl.

• Slurping her chicken noodle soup, Hermione Granger had already decided to have another bowl.

Which sentence is written correctly?

• I like pepperoni mushroom and cheese pizza.
• I like pepperoni, mushroom and, cheese pizza.
• I like pepperoni, mushroom, and cheese pizza.

Select the sentence in each pair that is correct.

• The first performance of the show was on October 13, 1899.

• The first performance of the show was on, October 13 1899.

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• Jake, my black and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me. 
• Jake my black and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me. 
• Jake my black, and white cat, loves to sleep on the couch next to me. 
• Jake, my black and white cat loves to sleep on the couch next to me. 

Which sentence uses commas correctly?

• Amanda can you please bring me the pencil sharpener, and a piece of paper?
• Amanda, can you please bring me the pencil sharpener and a piece of paper?
• Amanda, can you please bring me the pencil sharpener, and a piece of paper?
• Amanda can you please bring me the, pencil, sharpener and a piece of paper?

Which sentence demonstrates using a comma to set off an expression that interrupts a sentence? 

• No one claimed the lost dog that I found, so I decided to keep her. 
• Running across the lawn, a squirrel caught Nala's attention. 
• P.O. Box 338, 
• My burger, to tell the truth, is overcooked. 

Look at this picture Kate.

• Look at this picture, Kate.,
• Look, at this picture Kate.
• Look at this picture, Kate.

Select the sentence that correctly uses a comma before a conjunction in a compound sentence.

• She wanted to go to the park but it was raining.

• She wanted to go to the park, but it was raining.

• She wanted, to go to the park but it was raining.

• She, wanted to go to the park, but it was raining.

Choose the sentence that correctly uses a comma after an introductory phrase.

• After dinner we will have dessert.

• After dinner, we will have dessert.

• After, dinner we will have dessert.

• After dinner we, will have dessert.