ENG II B: COMMAS EXERCISE LEARNING TARGET 4 FORMATIVE 5 EXERCISE 4 LEARNING TARGET 4: Use commas to set off nonessential clauses and nonessential phrases. A nonessential clause or participial phrase adds information that is not necessary to the main idea in the sentence. DIRECTIONS Determine whether each of the following sentences is punctuated correctly. On the line provided, write C if the punctuation is correct or I if it is incorrect. If a sentence is punctuated incorrectly, correct it by writing the word preceding the comma and the comma. EXAMPLES 1. That boy who just ran by is my teammate. I boy, by,_____________________________________________________________________ 2. The ring, which belonged to my grandmother, is very precious to me. C______________________________________________________________________________ 1. The friendliest squirrel, which Nicole had named Swifty, came brazenly to the patio door each day. _____________________________________________________________________ 2. Sara whom I have known for years lives next door to me. _____________________________________________________________________ 3. The town hall which was built more than a century ago looked out of place among the modern buildings. _____________________________________________________________________ 4. The halls of the old high school built for half its present enrollment were jammed between classes. _____________________________________________________________________ 5. The students, tired from studying late into the night, filed into the examination room.________________________________________________________________ 6. We enjoyed our vacation, which we had planned for months. _____________________________________________________________________ 7. A major reason for the success of public transit is that cars are forbidden in the downtown area, and the stores and specialty shops many of which have been redesigned can be reached only by bus, cycle, or foot.__________________________ 8. The group of students many of whom had not heard the news waited anxiously for the announcement. ___________________________________________ BE SURE TO TURN YOUR PAPER OVER KMH taken from Warriner’s English Composition and Grammar Workbook (Green) page 246 rev.04/14 9. Tennis which he found challenging was Alexander’s favorite sport. _____________________________________________________________________ 10. Catherine, feeling very surprised, was given an award for her photographs._________________________________________________________ 11. Saturday night’s performance which many people had planned to attend was cancelled because of rain. _____________________________________________________________________ KMH 12. The weather which had been warm and sunny suddenly became cold and windy. _____________________________________________________________________ 13. The poisonous coral snake, which has beautiful markings, can be mistaken for the non-poisonous king snake. _____________________________________________________________________ 14. We found our old house which looked much smaller than I remembered.__________________________________________________________ taken from Warriner’s English Composition and Grammar Workbook (Green) page 246 rev.04/14