Comma Practice With end marks Rules One

Comma Practice With end marks

Rules One student is blindfolded and is given a Smart pen. Her partner stands at the back of the room. In 20 seconds, see how many commas and end marks can be correctly placed in the missing spaces. 1 point per correct marking.

4 pts. Hey girl what [do] you say girl

2 pts. If you close your eyes does it always feel like nothing has changed at all

2 pts. You are insecure [and you] don’t know what for

2 pts. Hey there Mr. Grumpy Gills

2 pts Here's looking at you kid

3 pts “Mr. Burgundy I’m professional and I would like to be able to do my job “

2 pts. "Mommas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys "

3 pts. All young wild girls you’ll be the death of me

3 pts. "Well I heard that there was a secret chord that Daniel played and it pleased the Lord"

3 pts. It’s the little things that make this life so beautiful so glorious so divine

3 pts. “Use the Force Luke” said Obi Wan

2 pts. There’s a lady who is sure all that glitters is gold and she’s buying a stairway to heaven

2 pts. I float like a butterfly and I sting like a bee

4 pts Lauren is the sweetest most gracious and awesome girl I have ever met in my life (Written by Mr. Boesch) That’s a lie -

4 pts. When I look into your eyes I can see a love restrained but darling when I hold you don’t you know I feel the same

3 pts. Dear John I don’t miss you all that much Love Savannah

4 pts. Actually I've always had a rather extensive vocabulary not to mention a phenomenal grasp of grammar and a superlative command of syntax I simply chose not to employ them

2 pts The traffic has stopped and you are not going anywhere

3 pts. In order to get home we must travel over several narrow winding treacherous roads

3 pts Greed for lack of a better word is good

3 pts. “I have a long busy schedule: I have to go to school go to the ASC meeting then go to the DECA social ”

4 pts. Dear Darla I hate your stinking guts; you make me vomit literally vomit; you’re scum between my toes Love Alfalfa

6 pts I am a nice shark not a mindless eating machine If I am to change this image I must first change myself Fish are friends not food

4 pts. Suddenly the clouds opened up and God asked “Did you ever know that you’re my hero Mr. Boesch ”

4 pts. Bob the new firefighter fell off the back of the fire truck on his first day he is not very experienced

4 pts. I told Jessica I would vote for her to be on Homecoming court but I lied I’m voting for Allison I don’t like Jessica because she is short

4 pts. We are he-man woman haters We feed girls to alligators and our clubhouse burned down mighty low but we've got a plan to make some dough

4 pts. Remember Red hope is a good thing maybe the best of things and no good thing ever dies

5 pts. You my friend are a victim of disorganized thinking you are under the unfortunate impression that just because you run away you have no courage you're confusing courage with wisdom

4 pts Lions and tigers and bears oh my

6 pts Hi there from my neck of the woods eh sorry if I took a snap at you at one time fish gotta swim birds gotta eat

7 pts I've got a dollar hey hey

2 pts P. Sherman 42 Wallaby Way Sydney

4 pts I’ll get you my pretty and your little dog too

5 pts You’ve beaten my giant which means you’re exceptionally strong so you could’ve put the poison in your own goblet trusting on your strength to save you so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you

2 pts Students hurried to the campus store to buy their fall textbooks but several of the books were already out of stock

2 pts. Fergie and Will. I. am have a lot of spelling errors in their song lyrics; for example Fergie spells tasty “t-a-s-t-e-y ”

4 pts I found a snipe and I followed it under your porch but this snipe had a long tail and looked more like a large mouse

3 pts You know most people take a plane but you’re smart because you’ll have all your TV and clocks and stuff

3 pts You might have seen a housefly maybe even a superfly but I bet you ain’t never seen a donkeyfly

2 pts I don’t know why you’re being shy and turn away when I look into your eyes

3 pts You think you can do things but you just can’t Nemo

5 pts The little dudes are just eggs we leave ‘em on a beach to hatch and then coo-cachoo they find their way back to the big ol’ blue

2 pts As the day drew to a smoky end, the firefighters put out the last of the embers.