Commas Practice

Check the sentences below. Add commas where they are needed. Write the rule that says you need commas (items in a list, quotations, FANBOYS between independent clauses, after introductory clause, parenthetical).

  1. I have four cousins on my mother's side: Matthew Kathleen Benjamin and Victoria.   RULE:_______________________________________________________ 
     
  2. Because we live on different sides of the country we do not know each other very well.   RULE:_______________________________________________________ 
     
  3. My uncle used to be a police officer and his children have followed in his public service footsteps.   RULE:_______________________________________________________ 
     
  4. My cousins work as ambulance drivers secret service agents and fire fighters.   RULE:_______________________________________________________ 
     
  5. I feel like I should call them up to say "Thank you for the work that you do."   RULE:_______________________________________________________ 
     
  6. All of my cousins work in New York City where police and fire fighters are often in the news.   RULE:_______________________________________________________ 
     
  7. After 9/11 NYPD and FDNY were some of our most American heroes.   RULE:_______________________________________________________ 
     
  8. Many police officers and fighter fighters lost their lives on 9/11 so it was a terrible way to gain notoriety.   RULE:_______________________________________________________ 
     
  9. In fact one of my cousins Matthew got to become a firefighter precisely because there were so many openings after 9/11.   RULE:_______________________________________________________ 
     
  10. It was a tragic way to get a great job but he does it very honorably.   RULE:_______________________________________________________ 
     

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