Grammar Picnic
Commas, parentheses and dashes
Choose the closing mark
10 sentences · All kinds, Fix the marks around the extra words, Choose the closing mark
Read the whole sentence, then choose the word or phrase that completes it.
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Put extra words about a noun between two commas, two parentheses or two dashes: Mom, who bakes bread, feeds the hens.
Example 1Choose the mark that closes the extra words.
Grandpa, who digs holes ____ will plant peas.
Grandpa, who digs holes, will plant peas.
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Example · Choose the mark that closes the extra words.Grandpa, who digs holes ____ will plant peas. (, / ) / –)Grandpa, who digs holes, will plant peas.
Choose the mark that closes the extra words.
- Mom – who makes oatmeal ____ cuts a cake. (– / ) / ,)
- Dad (who makes soup ____ ate toast. (, / – / ))
- Grandma, who pulls weeds ____ picked beans. (– / ) / ,)
- Grandma, who plants pumpkins ____ picked beans. () / – / ,)
- Grandpa (who picks peas ____ grows beans. (, / – / ))
- Grandma – who makes cakes ____ will drink tea. (, / – / ))
- Grandma (who plants peas ____ picks beans. (, / ) / –)
- Grandma – who picks berries ____ will hold a lantern. () / – / ,)
- Grandpa, who digs holes ____ picked peas. (, / – / ))
- Grandma, who plants beans ____ will pull weeds. (, / – / ))
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