ENG II B: COMMAS EXERCISE LEARNING TARGET 1-4 REVIEW SUMMATIVE
NAME_______________________________
LEARNING TARGET 1: I can use commas to separate items in a series.
LEARNING TARGET 2: I can use commas to separate two or more adjectives preceding a noun.
LEARNING TARGET 3: I can use commas before coordinating conjunctions (fanboys) when they join independent clauses.
LEARNING TARGET 4: Use commas to set off nonessential clauses and nonessential phrases. A nonessential clause or participial
phrase adds information that is not necessary to the main idea in the sentence.
DIRECTIONS
Most of the following sentence require commas. If a sentence is punctuated correctly, write a C on the line that
follows the sentence. If a sentence is incorrect, write the word that should be followed by a comma and then the comma. The write
the number of the learning target above that pertains to why the comma is needed or not needed.
EXAMPLES
1. The emu is a large flightless bird from Australia.
Large, 2______________________________________________________________________________________
2. The novelist whose latest book is a best seller gave a talk at our school.
C, 4__________________________________________________________________________________________
1.
The students sold crafts art and baked goods at the bazaar.
_________________________________________________________________________________
2.
John Wayne whose real name was Marion Morrison won an Academy Award for True Grit.
_________________________________________________________________________________
3.
Add flour mix the indgredients and stir the batter.
_________________________________________________________________________________
4.
People who come to the game early will be allowed to take pictures of the players.
_________________________________________________________________________________
5.
A Raisin in the Sun written by Lorraine Hansberry will be performed by the Grantville
Community Players and will run for three weeks.
_________________________________________________________________________________
6.
The float in the homecoming parade was covered with the delicate pink rose petals and small
white sunflower seeds. _____________________________________________________________
7.
Members of the planning committee met for three hours but they still have not chosen a theme for
the dance.________________________________________________________________________
OVER
KMH
taken from Warriner’s English Composition, Third Course(Green)
Review Ex. A, page 609-610
rev.05/14
LEARNING TARGET 1: I can use commas to separate items in a series.
LEARNING TARGET 2: I can use commas to separate two or more adjectives preceding a noun.
LEARNING TARGET 3: I can use commas before coordinating conjunctions (fanboys) when they join independent clauses.
LEARNING TARGET 4: Use commas to set off nonessential clauses and nonessential phrases. A nonessential clause or participial
phrase adds information that is not necessary to the main idea in the sentence.
8.
Helium which is used in balloons and airships which is mixed with oxygen for deep-sea divers
and which is used for arc welding is an inert gas.
________________________________________________________________________________
9.
An eclipse that occurs when the earth blocks the sun’s light from the moon is called a lunar
eclipse.__________________________________________________________________________
10. In one month our little town was besieged by a tornado and a flood and a fire yet we managed to
survive._________________________________________________________________________
KMH
taken from Warriner’s English Composition, Third Course(Green)
Review Ex. A, page 609-610
rev.05/14