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.

1. NO CHANGE
2. For previous generations, needlework skills like sewing knitting and crocheting were critical talents passed
3. For previous generations, needlework skills, like sewing, knitting and crocheting, were critical talents passed
4. For previous generations, needlework skills like sewing knitting and crocheting, were critical talents passed

2. 

1. NO CHANGE
2. made at home, and children as young as four were
3. made at home, and children, as young as, four were
4. made at home and children as young as four were

3. 

1. NO CHANGE
2. Nowadays, many families have afghans and quilts made by a relative and
3. Nowadays many families have afghans and quilts made by a relative and
4. Nowadays, many families have afghans, and quilts made by a relative and

4. 

1. NO CHANGE
2. modern industrial era, in the 1940s and 1950s it
3. modern industrial era in the 1940s and 1950s, it
4. modern industrial era in the 1940s and 1950s it

5. 

1. NO CHANGE
2. Just as people started buying canned goods, and boxed cakes, they stopped knitting their own scarves, and sewing their own prom dresses.
3. Just as, people started buying canned goods and boxed cakes, they stopped knitting their own scarves and sewing their own prom dresses.
4. Just as people started buying canned goods and boxed cakes they stopped knitting their own scarves, and sewing their own prom dresses.

6. 

1. NO CHANGE
2. darning socks which had once been common fell into disuse
3. darning socks, which had once been common, fell into disuse
4. darning socks which had once been common, fell into disuse

7. 

1. NO CHANGE
2. Young girls, previously the carriers of these practical skills no longer learned to knit and sew at their mother's knees
3. Young girls, previously, the carriers of these practical skills no longer learned to knit and sew at their mother's knees
4. Young girls previously the carriers of these practical skills, no longer learned to knit and sew at their mother's knees

8. 

1. NO CHANGE
2. no longer know how to knit or sew, so they cannot pass those skills on
3. no longer know how to knit or sew, so, they cannot pass those skills on
4. no longer know how to knit or sew so, they cannot pass those skills on

9. 

1. NO CHANGE
2. Rare skills are valued so, it should not be surprising that handiwork skills are coming back into fashion.
3. Rare skills are valued, so it should not be surprising, that handiwork skills are coming back into fashion.
4. Rare skills are valued, so it should not be surprising that handiwork skills are coming back into fashion.

10.

1. NO CHANGE
2. to sell their personalized goods, and sites like Ravelry create communities
3. to sell their personalized goods and sites, like Ravelry, create communities
4. to sell their personalized goods and, sites like, Ravelry, create communities

11. 

1. NO CHANGE
2. The Internet, almost the antithesis of old-fashioned living now constitutes the "neighborhood"
3. The Internet, almost the antithesis of old-fashioned living, now constitutes the, "neighborhood"
4. The Internet, almost the antithesis of old-fashioned living, now constitutes the "neighborhood"