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Commas with Appositives

Commas with Appositives

The following sentences are missing commas. Select the answer choice that correctly adds commas as necessary to set off appositives.

For help with this exercise, see section 33c.

Question

1. Mother Teresa a Catholic nun spent much of her life serving the poor.

Mother Teresa, a Catholic nun, spent . . .

Mother, Teresa a Catholic, nun . . .

. . . nun, spent much of her life, serving . . .

Mother Teresa, a Catholic, nun . . . _never_scramble: true

Commas with Appositives: The following sentences are missing commas. Select the answer choice that correctly adds commas as necessary to set off appositives. - 1. Mother Teresa a Catholic nun spent much of her life serving the poor.

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2. A humble woman Mother Teresa never took personal credit for her accomplishments.

. . . woman, Mother Teresa, never . . . _never_scramble: true

. . . credit, for her accomplishments.

. . . Teresa, never took . . .

A humble woman, Mother Teresa . . .

Commas with Appositives: The following sentences are missing commas. Select the answer choice that correctly adds commas as necessary to set off appositives. - 2. A humble woman Mother Teresa never took personal credit for her accomplishments.

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3. She was born in 1910 in Skopje a town in southeast Europe.

. . . born, in 1910, in Skopje . . .

. . . Skopje, a town, in southeast . . . _never_scramble: true

. . . Skopje, a town . . .

. . . born, in 1910 . . .

Commas with Appositives: The following sentences are missing commas. Select the answer choice that correctly adds commas as necessary to set off appositives. - 3. She was born in 1910 in Skopje a town in southeast Europe.

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4. She joined the Sisters of Loreto an Irish teaching order when she was eighteen.

She joined, the Sisters of Loreto, an . . .

. . . Loreto, an Irish teaching order, when . . .

. . . an Irish teaching, order . . .

. . . order, when she was, eighteen.

Commas with Appositives: The following sentences are missing commas. Select the answer choice that correctly adds commas as necessary to set off appositives. - 4. She joined the Sisters of Loreto an Irish teaching order when she was eighteen.

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5. Mother Teresa was soon sent to Bengal a province that spans India and Bangladesh.

Mother Teresa, was soon . . .

. . . Bengal, a province . . . _never_scramble: true

. . . a province, that spans . . .

. . . sent, to Bengal . . .

Commas with Appositives: The following sentences are missing commas. Select the answer choice that correctly adds commas as necessary to set off appositives. - 5. Mother Teresa was soon sent to Bengal a province that spans India and Bangladesh.