Comma Usage Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) | Global MCQ Practice 🌍
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📘 Comma Usage – Quiz 5
1. What are FANBOYS used for?.
A) Connecting clauses, phrases, and words.
B) Comma Usage.
C) Prepositions.
D) Adding context to a sentence.
2. What type of comma usage is used in the following sentence? Ice cream is really healthy, isn't it?.
A) Yes/No.
B) Commas in a series.
C) Direct Address.
D) Tag Question.
3. Which sentence(s) are punctuated correctly?.
A) Before I picked up my sister, I grabbed my backpack.
B) I picked up my sister but I forgot my backpack.
C) Before, I picked up my sister I grabbed my backpack.
4. Which phrase correctly uses a comma to help set the scene?.
A) When I went to Disneyland, I felt like i was a kid again.
B) Wow, I felt like a kid going to Disneyland.
C) I went to disneyland, as a result, I felt like a kid again.
D) None of above.
5. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?.
A) When I left her, she was doing just fine.
B) When, I left her she was doing just fine.
C) When I left her she was doing just fine.
D) None of above.
6. Hitting a ball running the bases and fielding a position demand different skills.
A) Ball, bases, .
B) Ball, fielding,.
C) Hitting, and,.
D) Running, bases,.
7. In which sentence is the comma used correctly?.
A) If we hurry, we can get on board. .
B) If we hurry we can, get on board.
C) If we, hurry we can get on board.
D) None of above.
8. Which sentence correctly uses commas?.
A) I do not like biology nor, do I like chemistry.
B) I do not like biology nor do I like chemistry.
C) I do not like biology, nor, do I like chemistry.
D) I do not like biology, nor do I like chemistry.
9. Which has the correct comma placement?.
A) California, Oregon, and Washington border the Pacific Ocean. .
B) California, Oregon and Washington border the Pacific Ocean.
C) California Oregon and Washington border the Pacific Ocean.
D) None of above.
10. Which of the following is a correctly punctuated complex sentence?.
A) After I got home from school, I walked the dog, put away laundry, and finished my homework.
B) After, I got home from school, I walked the dog, put away laundry, and finished my homework.
C) After I got home from school I walked the dog, put away laundry, and finished my homework.
D) After, I got home from school, I walked the dog, put away laundry. And finished my homework.
11. Which word or words should a comma come after in the sentence? Michael loves to eat large gigantic apples.
A) Large.
B) Michael.
C) Loves.
D) No paragraph.
12. Which sentence has the correct placement of the comma?.
A) Even though, I forgot to take out the trash my mom let me go to the party.
B) Even though I forgot to take out the trash, my mom let me go to the party.
C) Even though I forgot to take out the trash my mom, let me go to the party.
D) Even though I forgot, to take out the trash my mom let me go to the party.
13. Where should the comma be placed in this sentence? Sadly (A) the senior (B) parking lot (C) was (D) full.
A) D.
B) C.
C) A.
D) B.
14. Which has the correct comma placement?.
A) After he finished school, Dan joined the army. .
B) After he finished school Dan joined the army.
C) After, he finished school, Dan joined the army.
D) None of above.
15. Which types of sentences have FANBOYS conjunctions?.
A) Complex.
B) Compound.
C) List.
D) Conjunctive adverbs.
16. The dinner party is on _____ .
A) Saturday, September, 30.
B) Saturday September 30.
C) Saturday, September 30.
D) Saturday September 30,.
17. Which sentence uses commas correctly?.
A) Do not run, jump, or skip in the hall. .
B) Do not run, jump, or skip, in the hall.
C) Do not run, jump or skip in the hall.
D) None of above.
18. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?.
A) We will go to recess, and then we will go to class.
B) We will go to recess and then we will go to class.
C) We will go to recess, and, then, we will go to class.
D) We will go to recess and then, we will go to class.
19. Roseville CA 95747.
A) Roseville CA, 95747.
B) Roseville, CA, 95747.
C) Roseville CA 95747,.
D) Roseville, CA 95747.
20. Which has the correct comma placement?.
A) My favorite game is Monopoly but my friend likes Connect Four.
B) My favorite game is Monopoly, but my friend likes Connect Four.
C) My favorite game is Monopoly, but my friend, likes Connect Four.
D) My favorite game is Monopoly, but my friend likes, Connect Four.
21. Which has the correct comma placement?.
A) I was born in Springdale, Arkansas.
B) I was born in, Springdale, Arkansas.
C) I was born in Springdale Arkansas.
D) I was born, in Springdale, Arkansas.
22. Which sentence is correct?.
A) Clark wore a gray cotton sweater.
B) Clark wore a gray, cotton sweater.
23. Which sentence uses commas correctly?.
A) As I rode my bike down the street I saw, my friend riding her scooter.
B) As I rode my bike down the street, I saw my friend riding her scooter.
C) As I rode my bike, down the street, I saw my friend riding her scooter.
D) As, I rode my bike down the street I saw my friend riding her scooter.
24. Choose the correct comma usage of this sentence:The children were tired, so they fell asleep on the couch.
A) Join two independent clauses with a conjunction.
B) Separate items in a list.
C) Set off a dependent clause.
D) None of above.
25. Which type of commas is used to set the stage for the sentence or to introduce something?.
A) Introductory phrase.
B) Essential clause.
C) Nonessential clause.
D) FANBOYS.