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100
To separate this in a series
What are items or words?
100
At the grocery store I need milk bread and juice.
What is At the grocery store, I need milk, bread, and juice.
100
To set off words in _________ address.
What is direct?
100
"O my grandma" (the teacher muttered under her breath) "these students really know commas!"
What is "O my grandma," (the teacher muttered under her breath), "these students really know commas!"
100
To separate a direct -------- from the rest of the sentence.
What is quote?
200
To separate two or more --------- before a noun
What are Adjectives?
200
The big strong prepared Georgia Bulldogs football team will beat the Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday November 19 2011.
What is The big, strong, prepared Georgia Bulldogs football team will beat the Kentucky Wildcats on Saturday, November 19, 2011.
200
To set off (-------------- -----------)?
What are parenthetical expressions?
200
"Remember students" the teacher said "tomorrow is the field trip."
What is "Remember, students," the teacher said, "tomorrow is the field trip."
200
To separate city from -------- or ------- from the rest of the sentence.
What is state?
300
To set off ---------------- participial phrases
What is Nonessential?
300
Testing in the morning the students were filled with energy the rest of the day.
What is Testing in the morning, the students were filled with energy the rest of the day.
300
Gee, to set off a mild -------------
What is an interjection?
300
Johnny I am not going to ask you again please sit in your seat and do your work.
What is Johnny, I am not going to ask you again, please sit in your seat and do your work.
300
To separate ------ from years
What is day?
400
To set off nonessential -----------, words that rename others
What are appositives?
400
My five year old daughter Anna Grace Ying Dempsey is adopted from Jiangxi China.
What is My five year old daughter, Anna Grace Ying Dempsey, is adopted from Jiangxi, China.
400
After any -------------- prepositional phrases?
What is introductory?
400
The baby weighed 9 lbs 3 oz and was 1' 11" tall when he was born on Friday November 11 2011.
What is The baby weighed 9 lbs, 3 oz and was 1', 11" tall, when he was born on Friday November 11, 2011.
400
To separate feet and ------
What is inches?
500
Before a --------------- ----------- when joining independent clauses
What is Coordinating conjunction?
500
I love teaching Language Arts but am not gifted in the field of mathematics.
What is I love teaching Language Arts, but am not gifted in the field of mathematics.
500
To set off nonessential ------------- clauses
What is dependent?
500
Quickly running into the store the man left his car running and a thief drove off with it.
What is Quickly running into the store, the man left his car running, and a thief drove off with it.
500
After ------------ verbal phrase or adverb clause
What is introductory?