This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Commas – Quiz 34 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Commas Quiz 34 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which word or words should a comma come after in the sentence? While Kelly opens the door can you take out the trash? A) Door. B) Trash. C) Take. D) Can. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Door. 2. What type of comma usage is being used here? '' Ms. Erkskine, noticing confusion, repeated the directions of the assignment for the class. A) FANBOY. B) Introductory Phrase. C) Nonessential Clause. D) Essential Clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nonessential Clause. 3. Tracy photographed birds, and squirrels during lunch today. What change needs to be made to this sentence? A) Remove the comma after birds. B) Add a comma after and. C) Add a comma after squirrels. D) No change needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Remove the comma after birds. 4. Which word or words should a comma come after in the sentence? Joe drove to the store picked up the Chinese food and returned to his job. A) Store. B) Drove. C) Store and food. D) No paragraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Store and food. 5. Correct the comma usage in the sentence or indicate that the comma was used correctly. Peekskill NY, 10566. A) We moved to Peekskill, NY, and I am still living there. B) We moved to Peekskill NY and I am still living there. C) We moved to Peekskill NY 10566, and I am still living there. D) No comma error. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) We moved to Peekskill, NY, and I am still living there. 6. My mother gave ..... money to spend at the book fair. A) I. B) His. C) Me. D) They. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Me. 7. Identify comma placement in the following sentence. Mrs. Smith our nation declared independence from England on July 4 1776. A) Comma after "Smith" and comma after "July 4". B) Comma after "July 4". C) Comma after "Smith". D) Comma after "Smith" and comma after "England". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma after "Smith" and comma after "July 4". 8. Which word or words should a comma come after in the sentence? The baby the cat and the dog all love to eat peanuts. A) Baby. B) Baby and cat. C) Love. D) Dog. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Baby and cat. 9. True or false:A compound sentence contains two independent clauses. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. True of false:You need at least two items to create a series. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 11. My father asked ..... to rake the leaves.Which answer will NOT work? A) I. B) Me. C) Us. D) Them. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I. 12. The following sentence needs a comma. "The extremely large airplane door was frozen shut because of the cold temperatures." A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 13. When my teacher starts to talk I start daydreaming. Where does the comma go? A) When my teacher, starts to talk I start daydreaming. B) When, my teachers starts to talk I start daydreaming. C) When my teacher starts to talk I start, daydreaming. D) When my teacher starts to talk, I start daydreaming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) When my teacher starts to talk, I start daydreaming. 14. Is the sentence below written correctly with a comma? A) Incorrect. B) Correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correct. 15. Those scrolls are from China not Korea. A) Those, scrolls, are from China not Korea. B) Those scrolls are from China, not Korea. C) Those scrolls are from, China not, Korea. D) No Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Those scrolls are from China, not Korea. 16. You can tell which kind of sentence you have based on the number of ..... that appear in the sentence. A) Commas. B) Verbs. C) Phrases. D) Clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Clauses. 17. Identify comma placement in the following sentence. Have you heard Charles about the walkathon for the homeless? A) Comma after "heard". B) Comma after "Charles". C) Comma after "heard" and after "Charles". D) Comma after "Charles" and after "walkathon". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comma after "heard" and after "Charles". 18. True or False:Sentences of different types have different punctuation rules A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Should you insert a comma after "meanwhile" ? "The lion roared with fierceness. Meanwhile the lioness remained still under the shade of the trees." A) Yes. B) No. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 20. Place a comma in the correct place:Tuesday January 14th A) Tuesday January, 14th. B) Tuesday, January 14th. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tuesday, January 14th. 21. Which sentence uses commas in an address correctly? A) 21 Forest Ave., Lincoln, Maine, is where I live. B) 21 Forest, Ave., Lincoln Maine, is where I live. C) 21 Forest Ave., Lincoln, Maine is where I live. D) 21 Forest Ave. Lincoln, Maine is where I live. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 21 Forest Ave., Lincoln, Maine, is where I live. 22. It was Bill not Bob whom I met at the concert. A) It was, Bill not Bob whom, I met at the concert. B) It was Bill, not Bob, whom I met at the concert. C) It was Bill not Bob, whom I met, at the concert. D) No Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It was Bill, not Bob, whom I met at the concert. 23. Identify comma placement in the following sentence. Please bring home some pasta tomatoes and zucchini A) Comma after "pasta" and comma after "tomatoes". B) Comma after "pasta". C) Comma after "tomatoes". D) Comma after "home" and comma after "pasta". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma after "pasta" and comma after "tomatoes". 24. According to your notes, the use of a comma to set off the words Yes or No can only be used when Yes or No appears at the beginning of the sentence. For example:Yes, I would like to go with you to the dance. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. Which sentence is an example of the correct way to write a sentence with the word NO at the beginning of a sentence? A) No I don't, want to smell your feet!. B) No I, don't want to smell your feet!. C) No I don't want to smell, your feet!. D) No, I don't want to smell your feet!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No, I don't want to smell your feet!. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesCommas Quiz 1Commas Quiz 2Commas Quiz 3Commas Quiz 4Commas Quiz 5Commas Quiz 6Commas Quiz 7Commas Quiz 8Commas Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books