This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Commas – Quiz 33 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Commas Quiz 33 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What type of comma is this:The cook got sick, but dinner was served anyway. A) Series. B) Dependent clause. C) Direct address. D) Compound sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compound sentence. 2. Yesterday was her brother's birthday, so she took him out to dinner. A) Yesterday was her brother's birthday, so she took him out to dinner. B) Yesterday was her brother's birthday so she took him out to dinner. C) Yesterday was her brother's birthday; so she took him out to dinner. D) Yesterday was her brother's birthday-so she took him out to dinner. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yesterday was her brother's birthday, so she took him out to dinner. 3. Where does the comma go?Tayanna is a smart studious student. A) Tayanna is a smart, studious student. B) Tayanna is a smart, studious, student. C) Tayanna is a smart studious, student. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tayanna is a smart, studious student. 4. He was a difficult, stubborn child. A) He was a difficult stubborn child. B) He was a difficult stubborn, child. C) He was a difficult, stubborn child. D) He was a difficult, stubborn, and child. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He was a difficult, stubborn child. 5. True or false:An address can include the street, city, and state. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. True or false:A comma should go between the month and the day of the month. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. What type of commas are these:My son lived on Maple Street, Pecos, Texas, when he was little. A) Direct address. B) Address. C) Date. D) Compound sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Address. 8. Maria's friend who lives in Alaska invited her to visit. A) Maria's friend who lives in Alaska sent her a postcard. B) Maria's friend that lives in Alaska sent her a postcard. C) Maria's friend, that lives in Alaska, sent her a postcard. D) Maria's friend, who lives in Alaska, sent her a postcard. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maria's friend, who lives in Alaska, sent her a postcard. 9. What is the purpose of the Oxford comma? A) To join independent clauses. B) To end a sentence. C) To separate items in a list. D) To indicate a pause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To separate items in a list. 10. True or False:When you use a Coordinating Conjunction (FANBOYs) in the middle of a compound sentence, you should put a comma before the conjunction in AP Style A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Dear Mrs. Greenwald A) Dear, Mrs. Greenwald,. B) Dear Mrs., Greenwald. C) Dear Mrs. Greenwald,. D) Dear, Mrs., Greenwald,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dear Mrs. Greenwald,. 12. After I finish cleaning my room I get to play outside with my friends. A) After I finish cleaning my room, I get to play outside with, my friends. B) After I finish cleaning my room, I get to play outside with my friends. C) After I finish cleaning, my room, I get to play outside with my friends. D) After, I finish cleaning my room, I get to play outside with my friends. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) After I finish cleaning my room, I get to play outside with my friends. 13. While I was eating the cat scratched at the door. A) While I was eating the cat scratched at the door. B) While I was eating, the cat scratched at the door. C) The cat scratched at the door, while I was eating. D) While I was eating, and the cat scratched at the door. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) While I was eating, the cat scratched at the door. 14. Which sentence is punctuated properly? A) I live in Philadelphia, PA. B) I am from, Atlanta GA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I live in Philadelphia, PA. 15. Is this sentence written correctly with comma:My, dog barks loudly, at the postman everyday. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 16. Which word or words should a comma come after in the sentence? Sam ate ice cream cake and pizza at the party. A) Ate. B) Ice cream and cake. C) The. D) Sam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ice cream and cake. 17. Luke's mother who is a doctor works at Northside Hospital. A) Luke's mother, who is a doctor, works at Northside Hospital. B) Luke's mother who is a doctor works at Northside Hospital. C) Luke's mother, who is a doctor works at Northside Hospital. D) Luke's mother who is a doctor, works at Northside Hospital. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Luke's mother, who is a doctor, works at Northside Hospital. 18. What type of commas are these:She likes to ski, snowboard, and ice skate during the winter. A) Compound sentence. B) Series. C) Introductory word. D) Dependent clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Series. 19. What type of sentence is this:All I want is a room of my own, so I kicked my sister out A) Simple. B) Compound. C) Complex. D) Compound-Complex. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 20. Where does the comma go? Tayanna is a smart studious student. A) Tayanna is a smart, studious student. B) Tayanna is a smart, studious, student. C) Tayanna is a smart studious, student. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tayanna is a smart, studious student. 21. Achilles loves to play ball but Kaia prefers to play with a stuffed toy. A) Achilles loves to play ball but, Kaia prefers to play with a stuffed toy. B) Achilles, loves to play ball, but Kaia, prefers to play with a stuffed toy. C) Achilles loves to play ball, but Kaia prefers to play with a stuffed toy. D) Achilles loves to play ball but Kaia, prefers to play with a stuffed toy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Achilles loves to play ball, but Kaia prefers to play with a stuffed toy. 22. When the intermission was over the members of the audience moved back to their seats. A) Add a semicolon after "over". B) No change needed. C) Add a comma after "intermission". D) Add a comma after "over". Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Add a comma after "over". 23. How many types of sentences are there? A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 24. Does this sentence need a comma?To live on the Pacific Coast is my plan after high school. A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 25. They lived in a white, framed house. A) They lived in a white framed house. B) They lived in a white, framed house. C) They lived in a white and framed house. D) They lived in a white, and framed house. 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