Using Commas After Introductory Word Groups

In each of the following sentences, choose the word that the comma should follow.

For help with this exercise, see Chapter 28.

example

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

a. Within

b. the

c. few

d. years

  1. Question

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

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    Using Commas After Introductory Word Groups - In each of the following sentences, choose the word that the comma should follow.: According to a recent study children can unlearn violent behavior in less than six months.

  2. Question

    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.

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    Using Commas After Introductory Word Groups - In each of the following sentences, choose the word that the comma should follow.: 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.

  3. Question

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

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    Using Commas After Introductory Word Groups - In each of the following sentences, choose the word that the comma should follow.: For Americans between the ages of fifteen and twenty-four violence is one of the leading causes of death.

  4. Question

    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.

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    Using Commas After Introductory Word Groups - In each of the following sentences, choose the word that the comma should follow.: 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.

  5. Question

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

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    Using Commas After Introductory Word Groups - In each of the following sentences, choose the word that the comma should follow.: Over a period of sixteen to twenty weeks about half of these students were taught a violence-prevention curriculum.

  6. Question

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

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    Using Commas After Introductory Word Groups - In each of the following sentences, choose the word that the comma should follow.: During the study the behavior of this group of students was compared with the behavior of the students who did not take the course.

  7. Question

    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.

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    Using Commas After Introductory Word Groups - In each of the following sentences, choose the word that the comma should follow.: 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.

  8. Question

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

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    Using Commas After Introductory Word Groups - In each of the following sentences, choose the word that the comma should follow.: Significantly aggressive behavior (such as hitting, kicking, and shoving) increased in those children who did not take the course.

  9. Question

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

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    Using Commas After Introductory Word Groups - In each of the following sentences, choose the word that the comma should follow.: Developed by a Seattle educator the Second Step antiviolence program consists of weekly or twice-weekly sessions lasting about half an hour each.

  10. Question

    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.

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    Using Commas After Introductory Word Groups - In each of the following sentences, choose the word that the comma should follow.: 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.