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Directions: Answer each of the following questions using your knowledge on commas. Each of the sentences below may contain a comma error. Choose the answer choice that fixes the sentence’s error, if one exists. For each question, write your answer choice on the mas, Dashes, Clauses and Phrases (Part 2)_______1. In the (A) crevices between the bathroom (B) tiles, mold sprouts as opportunistically as weeds do in the (C) cracks, of sidewalks.crevices, between tiles mold cracks of No change necessary_______2. The (A)blue, creamy frosting from the cupcake (B) hung like a stalactite at the tip of poor George’s (C) nose, causing Michelle to giggle uncontrollably.blue creamyhung, likenose causingNo change necessary_______3. Anthony wanted fried chicken for (A) lunch, but the cafeteria offered only greenish (B)meatballs with overcooked (C) noodles, and crispy meatloaf with lumpy mashed potatoes.lunch but meatballs, withnoodles and No change necessary _______4. “Don’t let the cat (A) out”, warned my roommate Beatrice. “Yesterday, he brought home another dead (B) squirrel,” she then (C) explained to me.out,” warnedsquirrel”, sheexplained, to No change necessary _______5. An unswept (A) driveway and overgrown lawn make the (B)house on the corner look (C) deserted but the truth is that the family living there loathes yard work.driveway, and house, on deserted, butNo change necessary_______6. Swimming in cloudy (A)water, the goldfish peered through the (B) dirty, aquarium glass, hoping that today Fred would (C) remember to sprinkle some food into the tank.water thedirty aquarium remember, to No change necessary _______7. Rhonda (A) remembered to grab a jacket before she left the (B) house, so that she wouldn’t freeze for fifty (C) minutes in Algebra class.remembered, to house sominutes, in No change necessary _______8. Larry’s (A) crumpled smelly laundry piled on the (B) chair caused his neat-freak sister Samantha so much (C) frustration that she washed the clothes for her lazy brother.crumpled, smellychair, causedfrustration, thatNo change necessary Directions: Rewrite the sentences below to add dashes where they need to be in the sentences. All four of them Bob, Jeff, Jas, and Brett did well in college. The only thing Tonya could do if she could do anything at all was to sit and wait for the test results to come in the mail. I haven’t ever been but of course I would love to! My favorite foods pizza and cheesecake are a strange mix of foods. Sharon started to cry and then oh I shouldn’t be telling you this! Directions: Identify each of the following groups of words as either a clause or as a phrase. Determine if the answer is true or false. Then explain how you know your answer is correct.Group of WordsTrue or FalseExplanation1.The boy on the bus is a phrase2.Ate in the kitchen is a clause3.When I get home is a clause4. The table has four chairs is a phrase5.Since we were late for the party is a clause ................
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