Some of these sentences use commas correctly to set off non-essential elements (such as appositives, clauses or phrases). Decide whether the commas are used correctly in each sentence. Then drag and drop the sentences into the correct columns.
A. Donna, who has divorced her last three husbands has decided to get married for the fourth time.
B. My wife following my mother's family recipe, finally succeeding in making lemon-drop pound cake.
C. Both children, terrified by the horror movie, jumped into their father's lap.
D. The budding poet took his work to his junior English teacher, who was thought to be the authority on poetry in the school.
E. Bonny Shen who was offered scholarships to two different collages, will go to Vanderbilt in the fall.
To determine whether the commas are used correctly in each sentence, we need to identify the non-essential elements and see if they are correctly set off by commas.
A. Donna, who has divorced her last three husbands, has decided to get married for the fourth time.
- The non-essential element "who has divorced her last three husbands" is correctly set off by commas.
B. My wife, following my mother's family recipe, finally succeeded in making lemon-drop pound cake.
- The non-essential element "following my mother's family recipe" is correctly set off by commas.
C. Both children, terrified by the horror movie, jumped into their father's lap.
- The non-essential element "terrified by the horror movie" is correctly set off by commas.
D. The budding poet took his work to his junior English teacher, who was thought to be the authority on poetry in the school.
- The non-essential element "who was thought to be the authority on poetry in the school" is correctly set off by commas.
E. Bonny Shen, who was offered scholarships to two different colleges, will go to Vanderbilt in the fall.
- The non-essential element "who was offered scholarships to two different colleges" is correctly set off by commas.
Now, let's drag and drop the sentences into the correct columns:
Commas used correctly:
A. Donna, who has divorced her last three husbands, has decided to get married for the fourth time.
B. My wife, following my mother's family recipe, finally succeeded in making lemon-drop pound cake.
C. Both children, terrified by the horror movie, jumped into their father's lap.
D. The budding poet took his work to his junior English teacher, who was thought to be the authority on poetry in the school.
E. Bonny Shen, who was offered scholarships to two different colleges, will go to Vanderbilt in the fall.