Introduction
Hello all!
Right before Thanksgiving Break we were working on how to properly use commas in a sentence. We covered three types of commas: the introducer comma, the listing comma (also known as 'commas in a series'), and the interrupter comma. Today will be reviewing.
Scroll down to find your questions! There will be 14 questions in total. Please write your answers in your journals and be sure to DATE the page.
Task
We will start with the listing commas - AKA when we use commas in a series! Please watch the video below as a recap and keep in mind the following:
- We use listing commas to separate items in a list so that way we can tell them a part.
- We need at least three items to begin to use the listing commas. For example: I need bread, butter, and milk.
When answering your questions, you only have to write the number of the question and the letter which goes to your answer. You do not need to rewrite the question or write the full answer.
1) Did you watch the video above?
- A) Yes
- B) No
2) How many items do we need in order to start using the listing comma?
- A) One
- B) Two
- C) Three
- D) It does not matter
3) Pick the sentence which uses the listing comma correctly:
- A) Roger, do you like nachos, pizza, and burgers?
- B) Roger, do you like nachos, pizza and burgers?
- C) Roger, do you like nachos pizza and burgers?
- D) Roger, do you like nachos pizza, and burgers?
4) Pick the sentence which uses the listing comma correctly:
- A) My friends are Jenny, Bruce, and Johnny.
- B) My friends are Jenny Bruce and Johnny.
5) Why does the comma go where it goes in the question above?
6) Pick the sentence which uses the listing comma correctly:
- A) I want to travel to New York, Boston and Philadelphia.
- B) I want to travel to New York Boston and Philadelphia.
- C) I want to travel to New York, Boston, and Philadelphia.
- D) I want to travel to New York Boston, and Philadelphia.
7) Write your own sentence using the listing comma.
Watch this second video to help you with the next set of questions on introducer commas.
8) Did you watch the second video?
- A) Yes
- B) No
9) Pick the sentence which uses the introducer comma correctly:
- A) Allison fish are cool!
- B) Allison, fish are cool!
10) Explain why the introducer comma goes where it does in the question above.
11) Pick the sentence which uses the introducer comma correctly:
- A) Benny, what are you doing?
- B) Benny what, are you doing?
12) Pick the sentence which uses the introducer comma correctly:
- A) First, I need you to understand this.
- B) First I need, you to understand this.
13) Write your own sentence using the introducer comma.
Watch the video below to help you with interrupter commas:
14) Write a short explanation for what an interrupter comma does.