Nine fill-in questions walk through direct address ("Class, please open your books"), the FANBOYS conjunction "nor" meaning "and not," the three commas needed for a four-item series, and why the Oxford comma prevents confusion in lists. Students also handle direct address tucked mid-sentence in "I hope, dear students, that you studied."
The matching task pairs four sentences with their comma rule: salt-passing direct address, a piano-guitar-drums series, a compound sentence with "but," and "Tell me, Doctor, what happened next" with address in the middle. Solid mid-level review that locks in three rules at once.
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Comma Rules
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. In "Class, please open your books," the word "Class" is an example of direct address.
2. When you speak to someone by name at the beginning of a sentence, place a comma after the name.
3. In a series of four items you need three commas to separate them.
4. A compound sentence has two independent clauses connected by a conjunction.
5. In "Mom, can I go to the park?" the comma sets off the word used in direct address.
6. The FANBOYS conjunction "nor" means "and not" when connecting two negative ideas.
7. If a name used in direct address appears in the middle of a sentence, it needs commas on both sides.
8. Leaving out the Oxford comma in a list can cause confusion about which items belong together.
9. In "I hope, dear students, that you studied," the phrase "dear students" is a direct address in the middle of the sentence.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
"Sam, could you pass the salt?"
→ Comma in direct address at the start
Commas separating items in a series
"She plays piano, guitar, and drums."
→ Commas separating items in a series
Comma in direct address at the start
"I wanted to stay, but my ride was leaving."
→ Comma before conjunction in a compound sentence
Commas around direct address in the middle
"Tell me, Doctor, what happened next."
→ Commas around direct address in the middle
Comma before conjunction in a compound sentence
Comma Rules
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) In "Class, please open your books," the word "Class" is an example of direct address.
2) When you speak to someone by name at the beginning of a sentence, place a comma after the name.
3) In a series of four items you need three commas to separate them.
4) A compound sentence has two independent clauses connected by a conjunction.
5) In "Mom, can I go to the park?" the comma sets off the word used in direct address.
6) The FANBOYS conjunction "nor" means "and not" when connecting two negative ideas.
7) If a name used in direct address appears in the middle of a sentence, it needs commas on both sides.
8) Leaving out the Oxford comma in a list can cause confusion about which items belong together.
9) In "I hope, dear students, that you studied," the phrase "dear students" is a direct address in the middle of the sentence.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
"Sam, could you pass the salt?"
→ Comma in direct address at the start
Commas separating items in a series
"She plays piano, guitar, and drums."
→ Commas separating items in a series
Comma in direct address at the start
"I wanted to stay, but my ride was leaving."
→ Comma before conjunction in a compound sentence
Commas around direct address in the middle
"Tell me, Doctor, what happened next."
→ Commas around direct address in the middle
Comma before conjunction in a compound sentence
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