Name_____________________________________

Comma Detective

Find the missing commas in the sentences below.

1. After we finished studying for our exams we decided to go downtown
to see a movie.
2. Do you know the difference between simple complex and compound
sentences?
3. Joey just got a new puppy so he spends lots of time mopping up
puddles.
4. My dog Bark sleeps on my bed and my dog Woof sleeps under my bed.
5. My friend Jen has a big smile lots of friends, and a mean mom.
6. Jonathan who saw a cougar in the playground ran to the principals
office.
7. While completing this worksheet a nervous jittery unsure student stared
at this sentence trying to decide if a comma was necessary between
two adjectives.
8. Every year thousands of individuals are diagnosed with cancer.
9. I rang the bell and knocked on the door but no one answered.
10. I sent my mom a bouquet full of daffodils daisies lilies and roses.

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Name_____________________________________

Comma Detective

ANSWERS:

1. After we finished studying for our exams, we decided to go downtown

to see a movie.
2. Do you know the difference between simple, complex and compound,
sentences?
3. Joey just got a new puppy, so he spends lots of time mopping up
puddles.
4. My dog Bark sleeps on my bed, and my dog Woof sleeps under my bed.
5. My friend Jen has a big smile, lots of friends, and a mean mom.
6. Jonathan, who saw a cougar in the playground, ran to the principals
office.
7. While completing this worksheet, a nervous, jittery, unsure student stared
at this sentence, trying to decide if a comma was necessary between
two adjectives.
8. Every year, thousands of individuals are diagnosed with cancer.
9. I rang the bell and knocked on the door, but no one answered.
10. I sent my mom a bouquet full of daffodils, daisies, lilies, and roses.

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