Comma Placement - Exercise 4
Comma Placement Before Coordinate Conjunctions in Compound Sentences
Instructions
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Each sentence should contain a comma. Select the pair of words between which the comma
should be placed. Do this by clicking on the red button next to your choice. This will turn
the button yellow.
If you accidentally click on the wrong button, simply click on the button you meant to
select.
Now proceed to the next sentence and continue in the same manner until you have finished
all 10 sentences.
Click on "Show my Score" to determine your percentage score. All correct answers will be lit
in green.
Questions
1. We will go out to dinner tonight and they will join us.
dinner--tonight
tonight--and
they--will
2. I would like to get this job done in a hurry but I think it will take a long time.
done--in
hurry--but
think--it
3. I could study chemistry tonight or I could wait until tomorrow night.
tonight--or
wait--until
until--tomorrow
4. The students in the class believe there will be no final exam but the instructor has
repeatedly announced there will be.
believe--there
exam--but
announced--there
5. I can`t study everything all at once so I will study the most important concepts.
everything--all
once--so
most--important
6. I won`t study the first chapter but I know it will be on the exam.
chapter--but
know--it
be--on
7. I would like to study for this exam a little at a time yet I remember more when I cram
the night before.
exam--a
study--for
time--yet
8. I don`t enjoy the study of chemistry much nor do I like the other natural sciences.
enjoy--the
chemistry--much
much--nor
9. I enjoy college because I like to study literature and I like that better than history.
college--because
literature--and
better--than
10. It is said that a well-rounded education requires a little bit of knowledge about a lot of
subjects or it could require a lot of knowledge about a few areas.
education--requires
knowledge--about
subjects--or