Hello, everybody, and welcome back to my channel, Sparkle
English, where I teach you how to improve your level of
English. In today's video, we are going to do a quiz on
eight different comma rules. This is the second quiz in my
8 comma rules series. There will be 20 questions in this
quiz. Let's get started. You need to place the commas
correctly in each of these sentences. I will read the
sentence, and you will have five seconds to place the
commas correctly. Number one. Helen has lived in England,
Australia, China, and India.
The correct answer is: Helen has lived in England, comma,
Australia, comma, China, comma, and India. We use
commas to separate items in a series of three or more
things. The comma before and is called the Oxford comma.
And different style guides say you should or should not use
it. I always use the Oxford comma. Number two. We need to
bake a cake decorate the house and order a few boxes of pizza
for Jesse's birthday party.
The correct answer: we need to bake a cake, comma, decorate
the house, comma, and order a few boxes of pizza for Jesse's
birthday party. We place a comma after bake a cake and
decorate the house because, again, we are separating a
series of phrases. Number three: Jason, I told you to
turn off the television.
The correct answer is Jason, comma, I told you to turn off
the television. This is called the vocative comma. We are
talking to Jason and addressing Jason, so we need
to use a comma after his name. Number four: the teacher said
please open the textbook to page 10. The correct answer
is: the teacher said, "Please open the textbook to page 10."
We need to use a comma to separate a quotation from the
rest of a sentence. In this case, we have the comma after
said to introduce the quotation. Question five. We
are going to leave after work, but we should arrive at the
hotel before midnight. The correct answer: we are going
to leave after work, comma, but we should arrive at the
hotel before midnight. We use a comma before the conjunction
but because we have to use a comma to separate independent
clauses when they are joined by one of the fanboys
conjunctions: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. We are going
to leave after work is a complete sentence. We should
arrive at the hotel before midnight is also a complete
sentence, so we need to use a comma before the conjunction
but. Number six: while I was shopping in town, I ran into
an old friend of mine.
The correct answer: while I was shopping in town, comma, I
ran into an old friend of mine. We use a comma after
town because we must use a comma to separate a dependent
clause when it comes before an independent clause. Number
seven. No, I'm not interested in going on a date with you.
The correct answer is no, comma, I'm not interested in
going on a date with you. This is because we must use a comma
to separate an introductory element from the rest of his
sentence. In this case, no. Number eight. If it rains
tomorrow, we will have to cancel the hockey game.
The correct answer is... If it rains tomorrow, comma, we will
have to cancel the hockey game. Again, you must use a
comma to separate a dependent clause when it comes before an
independent clause. "If it rains tomorrow" is a dependent
clause. It is not a complete sentence. Number nine. My
father is a calm, patient man.
The correct answer is my father is a calm, comma,
patient man. You must use a comma to separate adjectives
when they describe the same noun. Number 10. Cassandra, my
best friend, is graduating this year.
The correct answer is Cassandra, comma, my best
friend, comma, is graduating this year. We use a comma
after Cassandra and after friend because we use a comma
to separate any word or phrase from the rest of the sentence
that isn't essential to the sentences meaning. We could
say Cassandra is graduating this year. My best friend is
additional extra information that is not essential. Number
11. She doesn't like candy, yet she loves chocolate.
The correct answer is she doesn't like candy, comma, yet
she loves chocolate. Again, we use a comma to separate
independent clauses when they are joined by one of the
fanboys conjunctions. She doesn't like candy is a
complete sentence, and she loves chocolate is also a
complete sentence. So we must combine them with a comma plus
the conjunction yet. Number 12. I'd like to hire you, the
manager said.
The correct answer is "I'd like to hire you," the manager
said. Again, we use a comma to separate a quotation from the
rest of a sentence. In this case, we use a comma instead
of a period before the quotations number 13. Sadly,
George and Lauren canceled the wedding because they broke up.
The correct answer is sadly, George and Lauren cancelled
the wedding because they broke up. Again we use a comma to
separate an introductory element from the rest of the
sentence, in this case, sadly. Number 14, they will go to
Paris, France, on their honeymoon next year.
The correct answer is "They will go to Paris, France, on
their honeymoon next year." We use a comma after Paris and
after France because we must use a comma to separate the
name of a city from a country or state. And because the
sentence continues after the country, we also use a comma.
If the sentence ended here, they will go to Paris, France,
we would only have one comma between Paris and France.
Number 15. She moved back to Canada on June 29 2022.
The correct answer is she moved back to Canada on June
29, comma, 2022. This is because we must use a comma to
separate the day of the month and the year. Number 16. Tyler
spent the whole day working on the farm so he's too tired to
go hiking tomorrow.
The correct answer is Tyler spent the whole day working on
the farm, comma, so he's too tired to go hiking tomorrow.
We must use a comma after farm and before the conjunction so
because "Tyler's spent the whole day working on the farm"
is an independent clause, and "he's too tired to go hiking
tomorrow" is also an independent clause. And we use
a comma to separate independent clauses when they
are joined by one of the fanboys conjunctions. Number
17. When I get a sore throat, I drink hot water with lemon
and ginger.
The correct answer is when I get a sore throat, comma, I
drink hot water with lemon and ginger. We use a comma after
throat because, again, when I get a sore throat is a
dependent clause that comes before the independent clause,
I drink hot water with lemon and ginger. Number 18. After
the wedding, we stayed in a hotel near the lake. The
correct answer is after the wedding, we stayed in a hotel
near the lake. After the wedding is not a complete
sentence, and it introduces the complete sentence we
stayed in a hotel near the lake. So we must add a comma
after wedding. Number 19. Patty is traveling to Egypt on
Wednesday, February 1, 2023.
The correct answer is Patty is traveling to Egypt on
Wednesday, comma, February 1, comma, 2023. We use a comma
after Wednesday and after February 1 because we must use
a comma to separate the day of the week, the day of the
month, and the year. Finally, number 20. She's traveling to
Portugal in the fall, and he's going to India in the winter.
The correct answer is she's traveling to Portugal in the
fall, comma, and he's going to India in the winter. We use a
comma before and because, again, we are joining two
independent clauses or two complete sentences with a
conjunction. So we must have a comma before that conjunction.
Okay, so let me know in the comments section how many you
got correct out of 20. If you got less than 15 out of 20, I
recommend you watch my eight comma rules video or my basic
comma rules video, which you can see in the description
below this video. If you want more quizzes on commas, also
look at the description of this video to see links to my
other quizzes in this series. Thank you once again for
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