Question

Add commas after the dependent clauses in the following sentences:

1. “By the time Ma met Daddy coke had become a popular seventies trend, alongside hip-huggers, muttonchops, and disco music” (6).

2. “While Lisa watched TV Ma and Daddy busied themselves in their bedroom” (23).

3. “When she was pregnant with me Ma had what she called a nervous breakdown” (25).

4. “With Daddy in prison Ma had trouble managing her mental health while caring for Lisa and me at the same time, and Lisa was placed with a foster family for nearly eight months” (25).

5. “Before [Grandma’s] visits Ma sped across the apartment tucking sheets into the corners of beds and gathering plates into the sink and running hot water over them” (26).

Add commas to following sentences:

1. “Abruptly, Lisa clanked her plate into mine which tipped scooting my eggs into a pile” (26).

2. “Their toddler chubby and wailing was waiting for me to serve him along with the couple whose faces were blank blurs” (28).

3. “I had to stay perfectly still with my chin held in place by Ma’s fingertips while she made each cut or I would interfere with her concentration” (40).

4. “’Their loss, our gain,’ he would say when we delighted over our second-hand toys hardly used or when he presented Ma with a blouse with a loose stitch simply in need of sewing” (20).

Answer 1

Add commas after the dependent clauses in the following sentences:

Ans-1 By the time Ma met Daddy, coke had become a popular seventies trend, alongside hip-huggers, muttonchops, and disco music” (6).

2. “While Lisa watched TV, Ma and Daddy busied themselves in their bedroom”(23).

3. “When she was pregnant with me, Ma had what she called a nervous breakdown” (25).

4. “With Daddy in prison, Ma had trouble managing her mental health while caring for Lisa and me at the same time, and Lisa was placed with a foster family for nearly eight months” (25).

Add commas to the following sentences:

1. “Abruptly, Lisa clanked her plate into mine, which tipped, scooting my eggs into a pile” (26).

2. “Their toddler, chubby and wailing, was waiting for me to serve him, along with the couple, whose faces were blank blurs” (28).

3. “I had to stay perfectly still, with my chin held in place by Ma’s fingertips while she made each cut, or I would interfere with her concentration” (40).

4. “’ Their loss, our gain,’ he would say when we delighted over our second-hand toys, hardly used, or when he presented Ma with a blouse with a loose stitch simply in need of sewing” (20).