Grammar and Language Workbook

Add commas as needed. Cross out commas used incorrectly, using the delete ( )
symbol. If the sentence is correct as written, write C in the blank.
Anyone, who would like to join the drama club, should see Mr. Stayman after school
this week.
1. Mr. Norman, who is a former pro football player, is helping to coach the junior varsity
team this year.
2. Bushido
 
the code of honor of the Japanese samurai warriors
 
was the subject of the
professor’s lecture.
3. It’s one of Marielle’s dreams, to see the Chicago Bulls with Michael Jordan.
4. Susannah, to tell the truth, is not the world’s most diligent student.
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5. To get an A in Ms. Montenaro’s algebra class, requires doing your homework every
night.
6. I prefer eating in a booth, to sitting at the counter.
7. Oh, I guess you can join us if you want to.
8. Maria caught a steelhead
 
which is a kind of trout
 
as well as some rainbow trout.
9. Hikers, who are not prepared for changes in weather, usually pay the price by getting
cold, hot, or wet.
10. Sir Richard Burton, the English explorer of the nineteenth century, tried unsuccessfully
to discover the source of the Nile River.
11. That orange cat, climbing along the fence, has been yowling all night long!