Using Commas after Introductory Word Groups

1. Within the past few years the issue of violence on television has come to be recognized as a serious problem.
   1. Within
   2. the
   3. few
   4. years

1. Question 1.663

   According to a recent study children can unlearn violent behavior in less than six months.

   A.

   a. According

   B.

   b. to

   C.

   c. recent

   D.

   d. study

2. Question 1.664

   Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association the study helps disprove the idea that nothing can be done to stop violence among America’s youth.

   A.

   a. Published

   B.

   b. in

   C.

   c. Association

   D.

   d. study

3. Question 1.665

   For Americans between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four violence is one of the leading causes of death.

   A.

   a. Americans

   B.

   b. between

   C.

   c. twenty-four

   D.

   d. violence

4. Question 1.666

   Financed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the study involved 790 second- and third-graders at twelve schools in the state of Washington.

   A.

   a. Control

   B.

   b. Prevention

   C.

   c. third-graders

   D.

   d. schools

5. Question 1.667

   Over a period of sixteen to twenty weeks about half of these students were taught a violence-prevention curriculum.

   A.

   a. period

   B.

   b. weeks

   C.

   c. students

   D.

   d. taught

6. Question 1.668

   During the study the behavior of this group of students was compared with the behavior of the students who did not take the course.

   A.

   a. study

   B.

   b. behavior

   C.

   c. group

   D.

   d. students

7. Question 1.669

   Six months after the program ended students who had taken the course engaged in about thirty fewer aggressive acts per day at school than the students in the other group.

   A.

   a. months

   B.

   b. program

   C.

   c. ended

   D.

   d. students

8. Question 1.670

   Significantly aggressive behavior (such as hitting, kicking, and shoving) increased in those children who did not take the course.

   A.

   a. Significantly

   B.

   b. shoving

   C.

   c. increased

   D.

   d. children

9. Question 1.671

   Developed by a Seattle educator the Second Step antiviolence program consists of weekly or twice-weekly sessions lasting about half an hour each.

   A.

   a. educator

   B.

   b. Step

   C.

   c. program

   D.

   d. of

10. Question 1.672

    Widely used in American and Canadian schools the program is designed to teach empathy, problem solving, and anger management to preschool through ninth-grade students.

    A.

    a. used

    B.

    b. schools

    C.

    c. program

    D.

    d. designed