Using Commas in Compound Sentences

1. Working in a nursing home is a difficult job for elderly patients can seldom do much for themselves.

   Question

   A.

   Working in a nursing home, is a difficult job, for elderly patients can seldom do much for themselves.

   B.

   Working in a nursing home is a difficult job, for elderly patients can seldom do much for themselves.

   C.

   Correct

   Using Commas in Compound Sentences - Question 1
2. The labor is physically difficult and it can also be mentally draining.

   Question

   A.

   The labor is physically difficult, and it can also be mentally draining.

   B.

   The labor is physically difficult and it can also be mentally, draining.

   C.

   Correct

   Using Commas in Compound Sentences - Question 2
3. Few trained nurses and nurse’s aides want nursing-home jobs for the pay is also usually lower than that offered by hospitals.

   Question

   A.

   Few trained nurses and nurse’s aides want nursing-home jobs, for the pay is also usually lower than that offered by hospitals.

   B.

   Few trained nurses and nurse’s aides want nursing-home jobs for the pay, is also usually lower than that offered by hospitals.

   C.

   Correct

   Using Commas in Compound Sentences - Question 3
4. Nursing-home workers have high turnover rates and the facilities are constantly in need of new personnel.

   Question

   A.

   Nursing-home workers have high, turnover rates and the facilities are constantly in need of new personnel.

   B.

   Nursing-home workers have high turnover rates, and the facilities are constantly in need of new personnel.

   C.

   Correct

   Using Commas in Compound Sentences - Question 4
5. More workers will be needed as the baby boomers become elderly yet there is already a shortage of people willing to do the work.

   Question

   A.

   More workers will be needed as the baby boomers become elderly, yet there is already a shortage of people willing to do the work.

   B.

   More workers will be needed as the baby boomers become elderly, yet there is already a shortage of people, willing to do the work.

   C.

   Correct

   Using Commas in Compound Sentences - Question 5
6. A director sometimes must hire undertrained workers or the nursing home will face a severe staff shortage.

   Question

   A.

   A director, sometimes must hire undertrained workers or the nursing home will face a severe staff shortage.

   B.

   A director sometimes must hire undertrained workers, or the nursing home will face a severe staff shortage.

   C.

   Correct

   Using Commas in Compound Sentences - Question 6
7. Workers without education and training may have difficulty understanding a doctor’s orders, so the patients’ care may suffer.

   Question

   A.

   Workers, without education and training, may have difficulty understanding a doctor’s orders, so the patients’ care may suffer.

   B.

   Workers without education and training may have difficulty understanding a doctor’s orders so the patients’ care may suffer.

   C.

   Correct

   Using Commas in Compound Sentences - Question 7
8. Home health aides and hospice workers are also in short supply and the need for such workers is growing every day.

   Question

   A.

   Home health aides and hospice workers are also in short supply, and the need for such workers is growing every day.

   B.

   Home health aides, and hospice workers are also in short supply and the need for such workers is growing every day.

   C.

   Correct

   Using Commas in Compound Sentences - Question 8
9. Solving these problems will be difficult for long-term care for the elderly is already very expensive.

   Question

   A.

   Solving these problems will be difficult for long-term care, for the elderly is already very expensive.

   B.

   Solving these problems will be difficult, for long-term care for the elderly is already very expensive.

   C.

   Correct

   Using Commas in Compound Sentences - Question 9
10. People caring for elderly patients must get better pay or no one will be available to do the work in a few years.

    Question

    A.

    People caring for elderly patients must get better pay, or no one will be available to do the work in a few years.

    B.

    People caring for elderly patients must get better pay or no one will be available to do the work, in a few years.

    C.

    Correct

    Using Commas in Compound Sentences - Question 10