Review Rules 1-3
Directions: Put in
commas where they are needed. Tell which
rule you followed by selecting one of the choices below.
1.
Items in a Series [I have a dog, a
cat, and a mouse.]
2.
Between Adjectives Preceding a Noun
[The huge, dark cloud was headed
north.]
3.
Compound Sentences [I love geometry,
but I am not good at algebra.]
C.
Correct – No commas needed
1. We had hot dogs
chips chocolate cake and watermelon at the picnic.___
2. The cool wet
summer we had was a big disappointment. ___
3. My aunt is on
vacation but she will be back next month. ___
4. My aunt is on
vacation but will be back next month. ___
5. Mrs. Curtiss loves
to give her students long difficult assignments. ___
6. Her students would
rather do English than eat sleep or win the lottery! ___
7. I love bubblegum
and candy bars. ___
8. Joel’s birthday is
on Teusday and Sue’s birthday is on Wednesday. ___
9. I know exactly where commas belong but I still make
mistakes.
10. We will win our
homecoming game because of our tough hard-hitting linebackers. ___
11. This sentence is definitely compoun and it will need a
comma. ___
12. My typing skills
improve daily because I am a bright talented student. ___
13. Mrs. Curtiss can
do between three and four hundred sit-us in three minutes and she’s still not
tired out. ___
14. Mrs. Curtiss will
bet you a candy bar a can of pop or your last dollar that she can do it.___
15. One doubtful
incredulous student did not believe she could do it.
16. He soon
discovered he was wrong and he had to give her a can of Diet Coke the next day.
___
17. Sometime it is
difficult to tell whether or not a sentence is compound but it will have two
sentences in it. ___
18. The conjunctions
AND BUT and OR are found in compound sentences. ___
19. The strange odd-looking hat was worn by a sweet cute
girl. ___
20. I am sick and
tired of working on commas and I’m going to quit right now. ___
