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An English Quiz on comma usage
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1
Keith Moon was a dramatic, outrageous, and impulsive performer on the drums.
Emphasizer
Salutations
Stacked adjectives
List
2
Moon died September 7, 1978 in Covent Garden, London.
Address
Participial phrase
List
Dates
3
Adopting the rhythms of African-American music, the British Invasion popularized R&B.
Emphasizer
Joining a dependent clause
Participial phrase
Stacked adjectives
4
There are MANY Invasion bands. The Kinks, however, are my favorite.
Joining a dependent clause
Emphasizer
Joining an independent clause
Stacked adjectives
5
In the song “Norwegian Wood”, George Harrison introduced the sitar to the west
Title
Emphasizer
Quote
Prepositional phrase at the beginning of the sentence
6
While Ringo Starr said Martha was Paul’s dog, Paul McCartney said that Martha was his muse
Quotes
Joining a dependent clause
List
Joining two independent clauses
7
The Kink's Ray Davies is a talented, clever songwriter.
Joining two independent clauses
Joining a dependent clause
Stacked adjectives
Salutations
8
The British Invasion refers to an explosion of pop, blues, and poetry from UK artists.
List
Stacked adjectives
Title
Salutation
9
Roger Daltrey, lead singer of The Who, is known for his charismatic stage personality
Quote
Salutation
Non-restrictive relative pronoun clause
Appositive
10
Although the first British Invasion is over, popular music is still influenced by these bands.
Joining two Independent clauses
Participial phrase
Emphasizer
Joining a dependent clause
11
“Dear Prudence” was written for Mia Farrow’s sister, and it was a plea to be less serious
Joining two independent clauses
Quotes
Appositive
Joining a dependent clause
12
During one performance, Townshend impaled his hand on his whammy bar.
Emphasizer
Participial phrase
Prepositional phrase
Stacked adjectives
13
The Beatles were introduced to America by The Ed Sullivan Show, which was a hugely influential television program.
Joining two independent clauses
Salutation
Date
Joining a dependent clause
14
The Rolling Stones are one of the last remaining Invasion bands, and have dozens of hits.
Joining two independent clauses
Joining a dependent clause
Non-restrictive relative pronoun clause
This comma is incorrect.
15
Although he was an accomplished guitarist, Daltrey didn’t play for The Who often.
Joining two independent clauses
Prepositional phrase
Joining a dependent clause
Appositive
16
Amazingly, The Stones had ten albums in
Rolling Stone Magazine
’s list of the best albums ever.
Participial phrase
Appositive
non-restrictive relative pronoun clause
Emphasizer
17
Pete Townshend, who was born in London, is an acknowledged “guitar god”.
Participial phrase
Appositive
Emphasizer
Non-restrictive relative pronoun clause
18
Ringo was not credited with much songwriting, but he did write “Octopus’s Garden”.
Joining two independent clauses
Joining a dependent clause
Salutation
Quote
19
Although he is over sixty, Mick Jagger is still an incredibly energetic frontman.
Joining a dependent clause
Emphasizer
Joining two independent clauses
Prepositional Phrase
20
Their biggest U.S. hits were “You Really Got Me” and “Lola”, but they wrote many others
Stacked adjectives
Quotes
Joining a dependent clause
Joining two independent clauses