Grade 5 ELA Practice Test: Commas and Punctuating Titles
- Commas and Punctuating Titles
- 10 questions
- 12 minutes
Ten questions on commas and on how to write titles of books, poems and stories. Tip: read the sentence aloud; a comma often goes where you naturally pause after an opening word or before a name you are speaking to.
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Question 1
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
Correct answer: A
Commas separate the items in a series: sandwiches, apples and water. The other choices put commas between a verb and its object or around the word and.
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Question 2
After the long hike the campers rested by the lake.
Where should a comma be added?
Correct answer: C
After the long hike is an introductory phrase, so a comma goes right after it, before the main part of the sentence begins with the campers.
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Question 3
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Correct answer: B
When you speak directly to someone by name, a comma sets the name off from the rest of the sentence: Sam, can you help me?
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Question 4
Which sentence punctuates the tag question correctly?
Correct answer: D
A tag question is a short question added to the end of a statement. A comma separates it from the statement: …chores, didn't you?
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Question 5
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Correct answer: C
Words like yes and no at the start of a sentence are followed by a comma. The other choices put the comma inside the main sentence.
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Question 6
Which sentence shows the title of a book correctly?
Correct answer: A
Titles of long works such as books are written in italics (or underlined by hand), and the important words are capitalized. Choice B uses quotation marks, which are for short works, and lowercase letters.
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Question 7
Which sentence shows the title of a short poem correctly?
Correct answer: D
Titles of short works such as poems, songs and short stories go in quotation marks with capital letters. In American English the period goes inside the closing quotation mark, so C is wrong.
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Question 8
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Correct answer: B
An introductory word like well is followed by a comma. The other commas break up the main sentence, I think we should wait.
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Question 9
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Correct answer: C
A comma goes between a city and its state: Denver, Colorado. No comma belongs between the subject Grandma and the verb lives.
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Question 10
Yes, Jordan, the bus is here.
Why is there a comma after Jordan?
Correct answer: D
The speaker is talking directly to Jordan, so commas set off the name on both sides. There is no list here, since Jordan is the only name.
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