Dates
True or False: Is the following sentence correctly punctuated?
Saint Patrick's Day is on March, 17, 2023.
False. No comma is needed after March, only between 17 and 2023.
Correctly capitalize and a place comma in the following phrase:
buffalo new york
Buffalo, New York.
Correctly write a greeting of a friendly letter to Ms. Onken.
Dear Ms. Onken,
Invert your name using commas correctly.
Eder, Ryan.
What does FANBOYS stand for?
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
When do you need a comma after a date?
If it does not end a sentence.
Write out the town and county we are currently in with the correct commas.
Fennville, Allegan County.
Write a sentence asking your mom if you can go to the park.
Mom, can I go to the park?
Add commas to this list correctly.
I'll buy boots a ski jacket gloves and snow pants for our ski trip.
I'll buy boots, a ski jacket, gloves, and snow pants for our ski trip.
Where does the comma go when you have 2 complete independent clauses?
Before FANBOYS.
Monday, January 23, 2023.
Place commas correctly in the following sentence:
Their address is 2016 Clark Street Chicago IL 60601.
Their address is 2016 Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60601.
Answer this question in a complete sentence.
Are you an eight grader at Fennville Middle School?
Yes, I am an 8th grader at Fennville Middle School.
Use commas to make this sentence clear.
At practice today we're going to learn to kick kids!
At practice today we're going to learn to kick, kids!
Rewrite these sentences as a compound sentence using the correct comma and fanboys.
Mr. Eder wanted to go to the basketball game.
His mom wanted to go to the musical.
Mr. Eder wanted to go to the basketball game, but his mom wanted to go to the musical.
Where do the 2 commas belong in this sentence: Mr. Eder is getting married on August 6 2023 in Saugatuck.
Mr. Eder is getting married on August 6, 2023, in Saugatuck.
What is wrong with this sentence?
He lived at 47 East 13th Street, in Holland, Michigan, 49423.
No comma is needed after street OR Michigan.
Write a 3 sentence letter to your grandma with correct comma usage.
Dear Grandma,
..............
Yours truly/Love/Sincerely, (Name)
Place commas correctly in this sentence.
Karl our mascot likes to teach students how to read.
His motorcycle is old and looks new and shiny.
His motorcycle is old, but it looks new and shiny. (Yet it looks...)
Write out this date, as if it were on a Friday, correctly: 6/4/1999
Friday, June 4, 1999.
Correctly place commas in this sentence.
I work at 42 Wallaby Way in Sydney Australia 2000 at the dentist's office.
I work at 42 Wallaby Way in Sydney, Australia 2000, at the dentist's office.
Correctly add commas to this conversation.
Emma asked "Is this avocado too ripe?"
"This avocado is too ripe" said Lars.
Emma asked, "Is this avocado too ripe?"
"This avocado is too ripe," said Lars.
Use commas correctly in this sentence.
Meatball our cat likes to go to the park in Holland Michigan yet he just sits there when we arrive.
Meatball, our cat, likes to go to the park in Holland, Michigan, yet he just sits there when we arrive.
Why is this sentence incorrect?
When Mr. Eder went down to the beach, yet he decided to go to the volleyball nets.
Only one of the clauses is independent, so the FANBOY is not needed.