The comma worksheet

Each sentence below contains comma errors. Please correct them.

1. Contrary to what most people believe milk is not good for kittens.

2. Serious problems may be prevented if we plan now for possible energy shortages by learning
how to conserve by seeking new alternate sources of energy and by stockpiling fossil fuels like
coal and oil.

3. William Shakespeare a famous playwright wrote Macbeth Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet.

4. Elvis Presley was a great singer, he was never really accepted by the country music mainstream.

5. Computer programs are great but they don’t always find all of my spelling errors.

6. Dubai has built magnificent office towers with luxuries and conveniences, it is considered a great
location in which to conduct international business.

7. If you like Harry Potter you’ll love Lord of the Rings.

8. Just to remind you Nelly an appositive is a word or phrase that renames or restates another word
or phrase like when you say “Sir John A. MacDonald our first president was elected by the
people.”