Grammar Comma Usage Quiz
English multiple-choice grammar quiz about Grammar Comma Usage
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. 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”?
A. After “store” and “soda”
B. After “chips” and “soda”
C. After “buy” and “box”
D. After “store” and “chips”
. How should commas be used when writing out a date?
A. Put a comma between the day and the year, and after the year if the sentence continues
B. Put a comma only after the year
C. Put a comma only between the day and the year
D. Do not use commas at all
. Which sentence correctly uses commas in direct address?
A. When, Mike, gets done batting, you’re up next Juan.
B. When Mike gets done batting, you’re up next, Juan.
C. When Mike, gets done batting, you’re up next Juan.
D. When Mike gets done batting you’re up next Juan.
. Where should commas be added in the sentence: “I just finished reading The Death Cure the third book in the Maze Runner series”?
A. After “reading” and “Cure”
B. After “finished” and “book”
C. After “Cure” and “book”
D. After “The” and “Maze”
. In addresses, where should commas be used?
A. After the street name, after the city, and after the state if the sentence continues
B. Only after the city
C. Only after the state
D. After the street name only
. Which answer gives the best way to correct the sentence: “I’m sorry Mrs. Jensen, but I couldn’t finish the essay because I was in Portland, Oregon, all weekend.”
A. Delete the comma after “Oregon”
B. Add a comma before “Mrs.”
C. NO CHANGE
. In the sentence “One by one boys were stepping out of the crowd and walking over to the long pole,” where should a comma be added?
A. After “one”
B. After “boys”
C. After “crowd”
D. After “walking”
. Where should a comma be added in the sentence: “Most of the time just mentioning ‘Monkey Clause’ is enough to get naughty little monkeys to quit their naughty monkey business”?
A. After “time”
B. After “mentioning”
C. After “enough”
D. After “quit”
. Where should a comma be added in the sentence: “Because no one who’d been stung and didn’t make it back by sunset has ever survived we just assume that was the point of no return”?
A. After “stung”
B. After “sunset”
C. After “survived”
D. After “assume”
. Which has the correct comma placement?
A. Dear Grandma
B. Dear, Grandma,
C. Dear, Grandma
D. Dear Grandma,
. What is a “direct address”?
A. Speaking to a group
B. Speaking to a specific person
C. Writing a letter
D. Giving a speech
. Which sentence needs a comma removed after “Mark”?
A. Mark, thinks Star Wars is lame, so he won’t watch it with me.
B. Whose birthday is on April, 1, 2000?
C. You are a very, rude girl, Jennifer.
D. I want to see the surf shops, and the beaches on our trip to Pensacola, Florida.
. What is a “direct address” in grammar?
A. A list of items
B. A full date
C. Addressing someone by name
D. An address or location
. Where should commas be used in a list?
A. After every word
B. Between each item
C. Only at the end
D. Nowhere
. What is the correct placement of commas in the sentence: “Turner Buckminster had lived in Phippsburg Maine for almost six whole hours.”
A. After “Turner” and “Phippsburg”
B. After “Buckminster” and “Maine”
C. After “lived” and “for”
D. After “Maine” and “hours”