This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Commas – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Commas Quiz 20 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Because Fatima was hungry she had a snack A) Between hungry and she. B) Between Fatima and was. C) Between she and had. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between hungry and she. 2. Ellen Paneok, an Inupiat pilot, should know. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 3. We use commas after prepositional phrases that come at the beginning of a sentence.Where should the comma go in this sentence:After the day was over students ran to their busses. A) After the day was over, students ran to their busses. B) After the day was over students ran to their busses. C) After the day, was over students ran to their busses. D) After, the day was over students ran to their busses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After the day was over, students ran to their busses. 4. Use the appropriate word to join the two sentences We can go to the movies. We can go to the park. A) We can go to the movies, or we can go to the park. B) We can go to the movies, nor we can go to the park. C) We can go to the movies, because we can go to the park. D) We can go to the movies, for we can go to the park. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We can go to the movies, or we can go to the park. 5. Bring your pencil clipboard worksheet and chromebook to the back table. A) Bring your pencil clipboard worksheet and chromebook to the back table. B) Bring your pencil clipboard worksheet and chromebook to the back table. C) Bring your pencil, clipboard, worksheet, and chromebook to the back table. D) Bring your pencil clipboard worksheet and chromebook to the back table. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bring your pencil, clipboard, worksheet, and chromebook to the back table. 6. Find the sentence that has no errors in capitalization. A) We met Captain Andy on the T&T Spirit. B) We met captain Andy on the T&T spirit. C) We met Captain Andy on the T&T Spirit. D) We met Captain andy on the T&T Spirit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We met Captain Andy on the T&T Spirit. 7. Which of the following is NOT a FANBOYS word? A) For. B) And. C) Because. D) Yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because. 8. Paneok loves to fly and the beauty of Alaska, and the needs of her fellow Alaskans make the risk worthwhile. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 9. Choose the sentence that correctly uses a comma in a compound sentence. A) The dog barked, and the cat hissed. B) The dog barked and, the cat hissed. C) The dog barked and the cat hissed. D) The dog, barked and the cat hissed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The dog barked, and the cat hissed. 10. What is the purpose of using a comma in a series? A) To start a sentence. B) To separate two words. C) To separate three or more words or groups of words. D) To end a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To separate three or more words or groups of words. 11. What is the correct way to use a comma with two adjectives describing the same noun? A) She wore a bright, red dress. B) She wore a bright red, dress. C) She wore a bright red dress. D) She wore, a bright red dress. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She wore a bright, red dress. 12. To stay in shape for competition athletes must train all year. A) NO CHANGE. B) To stay in shape for competition athletes, must train all year. C) To stay in shape for competition, athletes must train all year. D) To stay in shape, for competition athletes must train all year. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To stay in shape for competition, athletes must train all year. 13. Is this sentence correct? Fix it: A) After the mall, I went to the store, grabbed a drink and went home. B) After the mall I went to the store, grabbed a drink, and went home. C) After the mall, I went to the store, grabbed a drink, and went home. D) After the mall I went to the store grabbed a drink and went home. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) After the mall, I went to the store, grabbed a drink, and went home. 14. What change should be made?His party will be on april 5, 2022. A) Take out the comma after 5. B) Put a comma after april. C) Change april to April. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Change april to April. 15. Which of the following sentences correctly uses a comma to separate clauses? A) She loves to read books, and she often visits the library. B) She loves to read books and she often visits the library. C) She loves to read books, she often visits the library. D) She loves to read books she often visits the library. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She loves to read books, and she often visits the library. 16. Combine the sentence using a comma A) When I went to the zoo, I looked at the animals. B) When I went to the zoo I looked, at the animals. C) When I went, to the zoo I looked at the animals. D) When I, went to the zoo I looked at the animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When I went to the zoo, I looked at the animals. 17. The complex sentence is made up of a dependent and independent clause. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. Identify the verb tense in the following sentence:Our first prime minister, Dr. Eric Williams, died in 1981. A) Present. B) Past. C) Future. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Past. 19. When using commas with a list, where do the commas go? A) After each list item, but not before the word "and". B) Before each list item. C) Nowhere-they aren't needed. D) After each list item and before the word "and". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After each list item and before the word "and". 20. Which of the following demonstrates the correct use of a comma in direct address? A) Hello John, how are you. B) Hello John how are you?. C) Hello, John, how are you?. D) Hello John how are you. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hello, John, how are you?. 21. What is the rule for using commas with describing words? A) Always use a comma between describing words. B) Never use a comma between describing words. C) Use a comma if the describing words can be rearranged. D) Use a comma only if the describing words cannot be rearranged. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use a comma if the describing words can be rearranged. 22. Which of the following is true about connecting two complete sentences? A) You must use a semicolon to connect two complete sentences. B) You must use a period to connect two complete sentences. C) You cannot connect two complete sentences with just a comma. D) You can connect two complete sentences with just a comma. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You cannot connect two complete sentences with just a comma. 23. Are commas needed in the following sentence?Although I am not a big sports fan I often feel like I have to watch the long boring games. A) Yes:after "although" and "like". B) Yes:after "fan" and "long". C) Yes:after "not" and "to". D) No commas are needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Yes:after "fan" and "long". 24. Which sentence demonstrates proper comma usage? A) We visited Paris, France, Rome, Italy, and Berlin, Germany. B) We visited Paris, France Rome, Italy and Berlin, Germany. C) We visited Paris France, Rome Italy, and Berlin Germany. D) We visited Paris, France, Rome Italy, and Berlin, Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We visited Paris, France, Rome, Italy, and Berlin, Germany. 25. Choose the correct comma usage of this sentence:First, stir the egg and the milk together. A) Separate items in a list. B) Join two independent clauses with a conjunction. C) Set off a dependent clause. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Set off a dependent clause. 26. What is the purpose of using commas on both sides of something in a sentence? A) To end a sentence. B) To set off excess information. C) To indicate a pause. D) To separate clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To set off excess information. 27. Choose the sentence that uses a comma correctly. A) When I get older, I will be able to drive. B) When, I get older, I will be able to drive. C) When I get older I will be, able to drive. D) When I get older I will be able, to drive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When I get older, I will be able to drive. 28. Are commas needed in the following sentence?I like riding my bike and stopping for breaks along the water. A) Yes:after "bike". B) Yes:after "and". C) Yes:after "breaks". D) No commas are needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No commas are needed. 29. Identify the sentence that correctly uses a comma to set off an appositive. A) My friend the doctor, is very busy. B) My friend, the doctor, is very busy. C) My friend the, doctor is very busy. D) My friend, the doctor is very busy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My friend, the doctor, is very busy. 30. He was very tired after a long working day yet washed all the dishes in the kitchen. A) He was very tired after a long working day, yet, washed all the dishes in the kitchen. B) He was very tired after a long working day, yet washed all the dishes in the kitchen. C) He was very tired after a long working day yet washed all the dishes in the kitchen. D) Or. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was very tired after a long working day yet washed all the dishes in the kitchen. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesCommas Quiz 1Commas Quiz 2Commas Quiz 3Commas Quiz 4Commas Quiz 5Commas Quiz 6Commas Quiz 7Commas Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books