Commas 3
Insert commas to separate the interrupting words from the rest of the sentence.
- I
- asked
- my
- neighbours
- the
- retired
- couple
- from
- Florida
- to
- bring
- in
- my
- mail.
Great!
Try again!
The right answer is: I asked my neighbours, the retired couple from Florida, to bring in my mail.
- I
- asked
- my
- neighbours,
- the
- retired
- couple
- from
- Florida,
- to
- bring
- in
- my
- mail.
Insert commas to separate the interrupting words from the rest of the sentence.
- Without
- a
- doubt
- his
- work
- has
- improved
- over
- the
- last
- few
- weeks.
Great!
Try again!
The right answer is: Without a doubt, his work has improved over the last few weeks.
- Without
- a
- doubt,
- his
- work
- has
- improved
- over
- the
- last
- few
- weeks.
Insert commas to separate the interrupting words from the rest of the sentence.
- Our
- professor
- Mr. Alamut
- drilled
- the
- lessons
- into
- our
- heads.
Great!
Try again!
The right answer is: Without a doubt, his work has improved over the last few weeks.
- Our
- professor,
- Mr. Alamut,
- drilled
- the
- lessons
- into
- our
- heads.
Insert commas to separate the interrupting words from the rest of the sentence.
- The
- meeting
- is
- at
- noon
- unfortunately
- which
- means
- I
- will
- be
- late
- for
- lunch.
Great!
Try again!
The right answer is: Our professor, Mr. Alamut, drilled the lessons into our heads.
- The
- meeting
- is
- at
- noon,
- unfortunately,
- which
- means
- I
- will
- be
- late
- for
- lunch.
Insert commas to separate the interrupting words from the rest of the sentence.
- We
- came
- in
- time
- for
- the
- last
- part
- of
- dinner
- but
- most
- importantly
- we
- came
- in
- time
- for
- dessert.
Great!
Try again!
The right answer is: We came in time for the last part of dinner but, most importantly, we came in time for dessert.
- We
- came
- in
- time
- for
- the
- last
- part
- of
- dinner
- but,
- most
- importantly,
- we
- came
- in
- time
- for
- dessert.
Insert commas to separate the interrupting words from the rest of the sentence.
- All
- of
- a
- sudden
- our
- network
- crashed
- and
- we
- lost
- our
- files.
Great!
Try again!
The right answer is: All of a sudden, our network crashed and we lost our files.
- All
- of
- a
- sudden,
- our
- network
- crashed
- and
- we
- lost
- our
- files.
Insert commas to separate the interrupting words from the rest of the sentence.
- Alex
- hand
- the
- wrench
- to
- me
- before
- the
- pipe
- comes
- loose
- again.
Great!
Try again!
The right answer is: Alex, hand the wrench to me before the pipe comes loose again.
- Alex,
- hand
- the
- wrench
- to
- me
- before
- the
- pipe
- comes
- loose
- again.
Attribution
This work includes material from the following sources:
Writing for success. Saylor.org. Retrieved from: https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_writing-for-success/ Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
