For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that correctly uses commas in compound and complex sentences. If the sentence is correct, choose “Correct.”
For help with this exercise, see section 30e of Foundations First, Fifth Edition.
Commas in Compound and Complex Sentences: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that correctly uses commas in compound and complex sentences. If the sentence is correct, choose “Correct.” - Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, in 1902 and spent the first twelve years of his life in Lawrence, Kansas.
Commas in Compound and Complex Sentences: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that correctly uses commas in compound and complex sentences. If the sentence is correct, choose “Correct.” - Neither his mother nor his father was able to raise him but his grandmother took on the job.
Commas in Compound and Complex Sentences: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that correctly uses commas in compound and complex sentences. If the sentence is correct, choose “Correct.” - She taught him about his family’s role in the fight to end slavery, and gave him a blood-stained shawl that once belonged to a hero killed in the struggle.
Commas in Compound and Complex Sentences: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that correctly uses commas in compound and complex sentences. If the sentence is correct, choose “Correct.” - Langston loved his grandmother yet he was lonely.
Commas in Compound and Complex Sentences: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that correctly uses commas in compound and complex sentences. If the sentence is correct, choose “Correct.” - The boy turned to books as his companions and he began to write poems at the age of thirteen.
Commas in Compound and Complex Sentences: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that correctly uses commas in compound and complex sentences. If the sentence is correct, choose “Correct.” - When he was nineteen, Hughes won recognition with his poem titled “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.”
Commas in Compound and Complex Sentences: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that correctly uses commas in compound and complex sentences. If the sentence is correct, choose “Correct.” - Hughes moved to New York City in the 1920s, and met other great African American writers.
Commas in Compound and Complex Sentences: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that correctly uses commas in compound and complex sentences. If the sentence is correct, choose “Correct.” - Langston Hughes wrote poetry, novels, short stories, plays, and children’s books in which he showed his love for black people and black culture.
Commas in Compound and Complex Sentences: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that correctly uses commas in compound and complex sentences. If the sentence is correct, choose “Correct.” - He had been a lonely child so it was important to him as an adult to have many friends.
Commas in Compound and Complex Sentences: For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that correctly uses commas in compound and complex sentences. If the sentence is correct, choose “Correct.” - Although some famous people become self-centered Langston Hughes always helped other writers.