Test Your Knowledge: Commas in a Series for Grade 4 ELA

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 🍎 A series is a list of three or more things.
• ✏️ Use commas to separate each item in the list.
• ✔️ The comma before the 'and' or 'or' is called an Oxford comma (also known as a serial comma), and it's usually a good idea to use it! For example: I like apples, bananas, and oranges.
• 🎨 Remember: nouns, verbs, adjectives, and even phrases can be in a series!
• 💡 When writing a series, think of each comma as a little pause.

Practice Quiz

1. Which sentence uses commas correctly in a series?
   1. I like cats dogs and birds.
   2. I like cats, dogs and birds.
   3. I like cats, dogs, and birds.
   4. I like cats dogs, and birds.
2. Choose the sentence where the commas are used correctly:
   1. She bought apples bananas oranges and grapes.
   2. She bought apples, bananas, oranges and grapes.
   3. She bought apples, bananas, oranges, and grapes.
   4. She bought apples bananas, oranges, and grapes.
3. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
   1. He likes to run jump, and swim.
   2. He likes to run, jump and swim.
   3. He likes to run, jump, and swim.
   4. He likes to run jump and swim.
4. Identify the correctly punctuated sentence:
   1. I need paper pencils and a ruler.
   2. I need paper, pencils and a ruler.
   3. I need paper, pencils, and a ruler.
   4. I need paper pencils, and a ruler.
5. Select the sentence with correct comma usage:
   1. My favorite colors are blue green and red.
   2. My favorite colors are blue, green and red.
   3. My favorite colors are blue, green, and red.
   4. My favorite colors are blue green, and red.
6. Which of the following sentences uses commas properly in a series?
   1. She is kind smart and funny.
   2. She is kind, smart and funny.
   3. She is kind, smart, and funny.
   4. She is kind smart, and funny.
7. Pick the correctly punctuated sentence below:
   1. We ate pizza pasta and salad.
   2. We ate pizza, pasta and salad.
   3. We ate pizza, pasta, and salad.
   4. We ate pizza pasta, and salad.