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Comma Rule Exercise
Instructions: Each of the following sentences is missing one or more comma(s). In the space provided beside each question, type the number of commas needed to correct each sentence. In addition, add the missing commas where they are needed within the sentence to correct each sentence skill error. The first one has been done for you.
__1_ 1- Following his doctor’s orders, Alex started jogging a mile every day.
_____ 2- Please bring your textbooks black and red pens three-ring binders and highlighters
to class tomorrow.
_____ 3- We decided to bring the meeting to a close for it was getting late.
_____ 4- Although the cake was still hot I iced it.
_____ 5- If you have a minute I would like to talk with you because I need some advice.
_____ 6- Ruth was born January 21 1973.
_____ 7- Did you make your bed brush your teeth and feed the cat?
_____ 8- His address is 11502 S.W 93 Court Miami.
_____ 9- Rebecca wanted to go swimming yet she didn’t want to get her hair wet.
_____ 10- I have lived in Pasadena California for four years now.
_____ 11- With one foot in the door the salesman forced the homeowner to listen to his pitch.
_____ 12- Eat drink and be merry!
_____ 13- Glued to his Super Nintendo game the child didn’t hear his mother’s call.
_____ 14- December 7 1941 is a day in America’s history that lives in infamy.
_____ 15- Whenever I hear that song I think of the time I visited Paris.
_____ 16- Fighting off his frantic fans the rock singer bolted into the awaiting limousine.
_____ 17- When conditions are right that horse can run just like its father.
_____ 18- His four favorite artists are Monet Renoir Degas and Manet.
_____ 19- Slowly slyly and cautiously Eric slid the wallet across the table.
_____ 20- During high school he read Romeo and Juliet Julius Caesar and Hamlet.
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Which of the following sentences best represents culturally unbiased writing?
_2___ 2- Please bring your textbooks, black and red pens, three-ring binders, and highlighters
to class tomorrow.
to class tomorrow.
With one foot in the door the salesman forced the homeowner to listen to his pitch.
Fighting off his frantic fans the rock singer bolted into the awaiting limousine
1 answer