Commas

Test Prep Practice

• Commas Test Prep 1

  Correct the passage.  For each underlined word or portion, correct the errors or leave answer as correct.

  $\boxed{1}$Ahoy do you know about pirates? When people $\boxed{2}$ think of pirates, they tend to picture Captain Hook. In the past 10 $\boxed{3}$years even more comically, they tend to think of the actor $\boxed{4}$Johnny Depp who famously played a pirate in the Pirates of the Carribean.  Because Pirates of the Carribean has been one of the most popular pirate $\boxed{5}$franchises in history Johnny Depp is the pirate of a generation. While pirates are popular villians $\boxed{6}$in fairy tales, they have also been important figures in history.  In the Carribean, the region made famous in part by Disney's take on its pirates$\boxed{7}$in amusement parks and movies, pirates were a form of importer. Pirates may have been lawless but they also provided early towns $\boxed{8}$ with food, cloth, rum and other supplies.  $\boxed{9}$Pirates, of course did not always come by their good fairly.  They were feared because they robbed other $\boxed{10}$ships and did not mind taking other sailors captive or hostage. In an era in which shipping was dangerous $\boxed{11}$for all, pirates took risk to the greatest $\boxed{12}$  extremes but they also constributed to the economies of the lands they $\boxed{13}$bought, and sold from.  Today's pirates remain outlaws. $\boxed{14}$ Today they are most likely to be $\boxed{15}$found, not in the Carribean Isles, but on the eastern coast of Africa.  Somali pirates $\boxed{16}$  are well-known, feared and storied.  They have been known to board civilian and miliary ships $\boxed{17}$ alike, and they tend to be well-armed. Any shipper worth his or her salt in the Arabian Sea or Indian ocean knows to keepa good eye out for modern-day pirates.  $\boxed{18}$ I suspect, nowadays they do not wear eye patches.

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• Commas Test Prep 2

   

  $\boxed 1$ For previous generations, needlework skills, like sewing knitting and crocheting were critical talents passed from generation to generation. Families bought very few items at the store. Everything from dishclothes to wedding dresses was $\boxed 2$ made at home, and children, as young as four were proficient with a needle and thread. $\boxed 3$ Nowadays, many families have afghans and quilts made by a relative, and treasured as mementos of the past. With the advent of the $\boxed 4$ modern industrial era, in the 1940s and 1950s, it became easier to buy products than make them at home. $\boxed 5$ Just as people started buying canned goods and boxed cakes, they stopped kitting their own scarves and sewing their own prom dresses. Skills such as hemming pants and $\boxed 6$ darning socks, which, had once been common fell into disuse.   $\boxed 7$ Young girls, previously the carriers of these practical skills, no longer learned to knit and sew at their mothers' knees. A whole generation of mothers $\boxed 8$ no longer know how to knit, or sew, so they cannot pass those skills on to their children. But things are changing. $\boxed {9}$Rare skills, are valued, so it should not be surprising that handiwork skills are coming back into fashion. Websites like Etsy provide a way for the new generation of crafters $\boxed {10}$ to sell their personalized goods and sites like Ravelry create communities in which artisans can share patterns and tips. $\boxed {11}$ The Internet, almost the antithesis of old-fashioned living now constitutes the "neighborhood," for young people who are picking up needles and hooks.  We once again live in a world where new babies are welcomed with $\boxed {12}$handmade booties hats, and blankets. The trend of learning and teaching needlework skills $\boxed {13}$  is not only resurfacing but it is expanding into new demographics. $\boxed {14}$ Some of the best competitors, on Project Runway Junior, are boys and young men have found that the most affordable way to get a very cool beanie is to knit one.

  1. NO CHANGE For previous generations, needlework skills like sewing knitting and crocheting were critical talents passed For previous generations, needlework skills, like sewing, knitting and crocheting, were critical talents passed For previous generations, needlework skills like sewing knitting and crocheting, were critical talents passed 2.  NO CHANGE made at home, and children as young as four were made at home, and children, as young as, four were made at home and children as young as four were 3.  NO CHANGE Nowadays, many families have afghans and quilts made by a relative and Nowadays many families have afghans and quilts made by a relative and Nowadays, many families have afghans, and quilts made by a relative and 4.  NO CHANGE modern industrial era, in the 1940s and 1950s it modern industrial era in the 1940s and 1950s, it modern industrial era in the 1940s and 1950s it 5.  NO CHANGE Just as people started buying canned goods, and boxed cakes, they stopped knitting their own scarves, and sewing their own prom dresses. Just as, people started buying canned goods and boxed cakes, they stopped knitting their own scarves and sewing their own prom dresses. Just as people started buying canned goods and boxed cakes they stopped knitting their own scarves, and sewing their own prom dresses. 6.  NO CHANGE darning socks which had once been common fell into disuse darning socks, which had once been common, fell into disuse darning socks which had once been common, fell into disuse 7.  NO CHANGE Young girls, previously the carriers of these practical skills no longer learned to knit and sew at their mother's knees Young girls, previously, the carriers of these practical skills no longer learned to knit and sew at their mother's knees Young girls previously the carriers of these practical skills, no longer learned to knit and sew at their mother's knees

  8.  NO CHANGE no longer know how to knit or sew, so they cannot pass those skills on no longer know how to knit or sew, so, they cannot pass those skills on no longer know how to knit or sew so, they cannot pass those skills on 9.  NO CHANGE Rare skills are valued so, it should not be surprising that handiwork skills are coming back into fashion. Rare skills are valued, so it should not be surprising, that handiwork skills are coming back into fashion. Rare skills are valued, so it should not be surprising that handiwork skills are coming back into fashion. 10. NO CHANGE to sell their personalized goods, and sites like Ravelry create communities to sell their personalized goods and sites, like Ravelry, create communities to sell their personalized goods and, sites like, Ravelry, create communities 11.  NO CHANGE The Internet, almost the antithesis of old-fashioned living now constitutes the "neighborhood" The Internet, almost the antithesis of old-fashioned living, now constitutes the, "neighborhood" The Internet, almost the antithesis of old-fashioned living, now constitutes the "neighborhood" 12. NO CHANGE handmade, booties, hats and blankets handmade booties, hats and, blankets handmade booties, hats and blankets 13. NO CHANGE is not only resurfacing, but it is expanding is not only resurfacing, but, it is expanding is not only, resurfacing but it is, expanding 14. NO CHANGE Some of the best competitors on Project Runway Junior are boys, and young men have found that the most affordable way to get a very, cool beanie is to knit one. Some of the best competitors on Project Runway Junior are boys, and young men have found that the most affordable way to get a very cool beanie is to knit one. Some of the best competitors, on Project Runway Junior, are boys, and young men have found that the most affordable way to get a very cool beanie is to knit one.

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