Starter quiz
- Why has a comma been used in this sentence? We could go home, or we could go to the cinema.
- because it follows an adverbial clause
- because it follows a co-ordinating conjunction which needs a comma ✓
- to separate adjectives in an expanded noun phrase
- to separate nouns in a list
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- Why has a comma been used in this sentence? As the moon rose, it cast its bright, shimmering light onto the sea.
- to follow an adverbial clause in an adverbial complex sentence ✓
- to separate two adjectives in an expanded noun phrase ✓
- to separate nouns in a list
- to show where a relative clause begins and ends
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- Which of these sentences is punctuated correctly with commas?
- After we get home we will watch TV.
- After we get, home we will watch TV.
- After we get home, we will watch TV. ✓
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- Which of these relative complex sentences is punctuated correctly with commas?
- The sun, which was very bright warmed the beach.
- The sun, which was very bright, warmed the beach. ✓
- The sun which was very bright, warmed the beach.
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- A comma is missing from this sentence; what would its purpose be? When it was home time, we collected our bags our coats and our reading books.
- to separate adjectives in an expanded noun phrase
- to separate nouns in a list ✓
- to follow an adverbial clause
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- Which of the following is not a function of a comma?
- to show where a relative clause begins and ends
- to follow an adverbial clause
- to go before the co-ordinating conjunction 'and' ✓
- to separate adjectives in an expanded noun phrase
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