Comma Rules
You need two commas to separate the items in this sentence: I bought apples bananas and oranges.
What is between apples/bananas and bananas/and? (I bought apples, bananas, and oranges.)
The letters "A" and "B" in the FANBOYS acronym stand for these two words.
What are "and" & "but"?
Place a comma to save your friend in this sentence: Let's eat Bobby!
What is a comma before "Bobby"? (Let's eat, Bobby!)
This is the punctuation needed at the end of this sentence: Wow, what a huge dinosaur
What is an exclamation point?
This is the missing punctuation in the sentence: Yes I would love some ice cream.
What is a comma after "Yes"?
When joining two complete sentences with a FANBOYS word, this punctuation mark must come right before it.
What is a comma?
Place a comma to fix this tag question: You are coming to my party aren't you?
What is a comma before "aren't"?
Fix the two errors in this sentence: my favorite color is blue
What is a capital "M" and a period at the end?
This is where the comma belongs in this date: July 4 1776.
What is between the 4 and 1776?
Find the missing comma in this sentence: I studied hard for the test so I got an A.
What is a comma before "so"?
Fix the punctuation in this sentence: Mom where are my shoes?
What is a comma after "Mom"?
Fix the missing punctuation in this sentence: The boy asked Can we play outside?
What is a comma after "asked" and quotation marks around the question?
Add a comma to correctly format this location: Edmonton Alberta.
What is between Edmonton and Alberta? (Edmonton, Alberta)
These are the conjunction and punctuation needed to fix this run-on: We can go to the pool we can go to the park.
What is a comma and the word "or"? (...pool, or we...)
This sentence requires two commas to separate the name: I think class that we should read a book.
What are commas before and after "class"? (I think, class, that we...)
Fix the four errors in this sentence: i moved to toronto ontario in may.
What are capital letters for "I", "Toronto", "Ontario", "May", and a comma between Toronto and Ontario?
A comma is needed to separate the two adjectives in this sentence: It was a cold windy day.
What is between "cold" and "windy"?
You do NOT need a comma before the word "and" in this sentence for this reason: I ate a sandwich and drank some milk.
What is because the second part ("drank some milk") is not a complete sentence?
This is the terrifying difference in meaning between "I like cooking, dogs, and kids" and "I like cooking dogs and kids."
What is: The first lists three things you like, and the second means you like to cook animals and children?
Fix the four errors in this compound sentence: im so tired but i have to finish my homework
What is an apostrophe in I'm, capital letters for I'm and I, a comma before but, and a period at the end? (I'm so tired, but I have to finish my homework.)