WorksheetsReview: Using Commas, Dashes, and Ellipses
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Which of the following options shows correct use of a comma for direct address?
Let's, eat Grandma!
Let's eat, Grandma!
Which of the following options shows correct use of commas for direct address?
I asked you, Patrick, to feed my pet while I was gone.
I asked, you Patrick to, feed my pet while I was gone.
Where should ONE comma be added to the following sentence:
No I didn't order these tater tots.
No, I didn't order these tater tots.
No I didn't order these tater, tots.
Where should ONE comma be added to the following sentence:
Huh I guess I was wrong after all.
Huh I guess I was, wrong after all.
Huh, I guess I was wrong after all.
Where should ONE comma be added to the following sentence:
Wow you know it was a great nap when you have no idea if it's day or night when you wake up.
Wow you know it was a great nap when you have no idea if it's day, or night when you wake up.
Wow, you know it was a great nap when you have no idea if it's day or night when you wake up.
Where should TWO commas be added to the following sentence:
Our teacher announced much to our surprise that the test was cancelled.
Our teacher announced, much to our surprise, that the test was cancelled.
Our, teacher announced, much to our surprise that the test was cancelled.
Where should TWO commas be added to the following sentence:
My dog as usual began barking uncontrollably as soon as the doorbell rang.
My dog, as usual, began barking uncontrollably as soon as the doorbell rang.
My dog as usual, began barking uncontrollably, as soon as the doorbell rang.
Which sentence correctly uses commas to separate coordinate adjectives?
Coffee trees are covered in wide glossy, leaves.
Coffee trees are covered in wide, glossy leaves.
Which sentence correctly uses commas to separate coordinate adjectives?
The student wrote a, well-organized eloquent essay.
The student wrote a well-organized, eloquent essay.
Which sentence correctly uses commas to separate coordinate adjectives?
If I could choose any vacation spot I wanted, it would definitely be somewhere in a beautiful, beachfront location.
If I could choose any vacation spot I wanted, it would definitely, be somewhere in a beautiful beachfront location.
Which sentence correctly uses a dash?
"The recipe calls for eggs, flour, vanilla oh, and sugar--" she instructed.
"The recipe calls for eggs, flour, vanilla--oh, and sugar," she instructed.
Which sentence correctly uses a dash?
I decided to make shoofly pie-- a molasses pie that is a tradition of the Pennsylvania Dutch.
I decided to make shoofly pie a molasses pie that is a tradition-- of the Pennsylvania Dutch.
Which sentence correctly uses 2 dashes to set off additional information?
Bob Ross an American painter known for his curly hair and calm demeanor hosted-- "The Joy of Painting" television show-- for many years.
Bob Ross--an American painter known for his curly hair and calm demeanor--hosted "The Joy of Painting" television show for many years.
Which sentence correctly uses an ellipsis to show a pause in the middle of dialogue?
"Wait a minute someone stole my sandwich!" she exclaimed...
"Wait a minute...someone stole my sandwich!" she exclaimed.
Which sentence correctly uses an ellipsis to show dialogue trailing off?
She sighed and closed her Chromebook saying, "I'll finish my novel someday..."
She...sighed and closed her Chromebook saying, "I'll finish my novel someday."
