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Essential or non-essential? Commas with appositives and clauses

9th grade (Year 10 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: L.9-10.2, L.6.2.A · England: SAT Standard English Conventions (Boundaries), ACT English, GCSE English Language (AO6)

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  1. Question 1

    Is this sentence correct in formal written English? (I have two brothers.) My brother Sam is a chef.

    • A. correct
    • B. incorrect

  2. Question 2

    Which option completes the sentence correctly? Mount Everest ___ is on the border of Nepal and China.

    • A. , the highest mountain on Earth,
    • B. the highest mountain on Earth

  3. Question 3

    Is this sentence correct in formal written English? The film, that we saw last night, was filmed in Iceland.

    • A. correct
    • B. incorrect

  4. Question 4

    Which option completes the sentence correctly? (I have two brothers.) My brother ___ is a chef.

    • A. , Sam,
    • B. Sam

  5. Question 5

    Is this sentence correct in formal written English? Mount Everest the highest mountain on Earth is on the border of Nepal and China.

    • A. correct
    • B. incorrect

  6. Question 6

    Which option completes the sentence correctly? (I have only one brother.) My brother ___ is a chef.

    • A. Sam
    • B. , Sam,

  7. Question 7

    Is this sentence correct in formal written English? The novelist Toni Morrison won the Nobel Prize in 1993.

    • A. correct
    • B. incorrect

  8. Question 8

    Which option completes the sentence correctly? Mount Everest ___ is on the border of Nepal and China.

    • A. , the highest mountain on Earth,
    • B. the highest mountain on Earth

  9. Question 9

    Is this sentence correct in formal written English? Mount Everest the highest mountain on Earth is on the border of Nepal and China.

    • A. correct
    • B. incorrect

  10. Question 10

    Which option completes the sentence correctly? The film ___ was filmed in Iceland.

    • A. , that we saw last night,
    • B. that we saw last night

  11. Question 11

    Is this sentence correct in formal written English? Mount Everest the highest mountain on Earth is on the border of Nepal and China.

    • A. correct
    • B. incorrect

  12. Question 12

    Which option completes the sentence correctly? The novelist ___ won the Nobel Prize in 1993.

    • A. Toni Morrison
    • B. , Toni Morrison,

  13. Question 13

    Is this sentence correct in formal written English? The song "Blue Lights" became a hit.

    • A. correct
    • B. incorrect

  14. Question 14

    Which option completes the sentence correctly? The film ___ was filmed in Iceland.

    • A. , that we saw last night,
    • B. that we saw last night

  15. Question 15

    Is this sentence correct in formal written English? Students, who feel unwell, must see the nurse.

    • A. correct
    • B. incorrect

  16. Question 16

    Which option completes the sentence correctly? The song ___ became a hit.

    • A. , "Blue Lights,"
    • B. "Blue Lights"

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Answer key: Essential or non-essential? Commas with appositives and clauses

  1. 1. A. correct

  2. 2. A. , the highest mountain on Earth,

  3. 3. B. incorrect

  4. 4. B. Sam

  5. 5. B. incorrect

  6. 6. B. , Sam,

  7. 7. A. correct

  8. 8. A. , the highest mountain on Earth,

  9. 9. B. incorrect

  10. 10. B. that we saw last night

  11. 11. B. incorrect

  12. 12. A. Toni Morrison

  13. 13. A. correct

  14. 14. B. that we saw last night

  15. 15. B. incorrect

  16. 16. B. "Blue Lights"