Commas Test Prep AK

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  1. B. Use commas to set off interjections like "Ahoy."
  2. A. This is a complex sentence.  It leads with the dependent clause "When people think of pirates," which is followed with a comma. 
  3. D. "Even more comically" is a parenthetical statement.  It needs a comma on either side.  Notice how you can take the entire phrase out and the sentence still makes sense. 
  4. A.  This is also a complex sentence, but the dependent clause is at the end, so it does not require a comma before it.  None of the options given work. 
  5. B. This is a complex sentence with a dependent clauses as an introductory phrase, so there needs to be a comma after "in history."  You cannot remove "Johnny Depp" and still have the sentence make sense so that name is not a parenthetical, and it should not be enclosed in commas. 
  6. A. This is a complex sentence with a dependent clause as an introductory phrase.  There needs to be a comma after "fairy tales."
  7. A.  Look at the whole sentence, not just the underlined portion.  In this case, the phrase "the region made famous in part by Disney's take on its pirates in amusement parks and movies" can be removed without changing the meaning of the sentence.  The phrase is an appositive that adds more information about the Caribbean.  It can be enclosed in commas. 
  8. A. Commas separate items in a list. All of the items in the list must be separated with a comma except the ones that are either side of the "and."  Some people put a comma before the "and" (called the Oxford comma), but it is not required.  A comma after the "and" is never correct.
  9. B. "Of course" is a parenthetical.  It should be enclosed in commas. 
  10. A. No comma here because this is just a complex predicate.  The phrase after "and" is not an independent clause. 
  11. A. This is a complex sentence with a dependent clause at the start.  There needs to be a comma after that introductory clause. 
  12. C. There are two independent clauses joined by a FANBOYS conjunction (but), so you need a comma before the "but" (but not after). 
  13. C. No commas necessary. This is a complex predicate.  Two verbs joined by "and" do not need a comma. 
  14. D. "Today" is a little introduction.  There needs to be a comma after it. 
  15. C. This seems like a parenthetical but try taking out the phrase in the commas: it doesn't make sense with the word "but."  You also do not need the comma before "but" because what follows is not an independent clause.  Although you may want to put some pauses in this sentence, there are no grammatical reasons to add commas. 
  16. A. These items are a list.  Commas should separate all, but there should be no comma after the "and" (and no comma is required before the "and").
  17. A. Two independent clauses separated by a FANBOYS.  
  18. C.  Nowadays is a parenthetical, encase it in commas.