Worked examples
Two examples
Example 1
We need ______ yeast.Choices: flour salt and / flour, salt, and / flour, salt, and,
- Count the items: flour, salt, yeast. Three items make a list.
- In a list of three or more, a comma goes after each item except the last, including before and.
- No comma goes after and.
Answer: We need flour, salt, and yeast.
Example 2
We need ______ pepper.Choices: salt, and / salt and / salt, and,
- Count the items: salt, pepper. Only two.
- Two items joined by and need no comma.
Answer: We need salt and pepper.
Where this is taught: Punctuation: Start Here, Part 1: Commas
More practice: Quiz 43, Commas · In your Kaplan book: Unit 1, Chapter 9, Lesson 1, “Comma Use”
The drill
Ten questions
How many:
In each sentence, open the drop-down and choose the words that make the sentence correct, the way the GED test asks. A few questions ask you to tap a whole sentence instead. Then press Check my answers at the bottom.In each sentence, circle the choice in the brackets that makes the sentence correct; where whole sentences are given, circle one. The answer key, with the reasoning, is on the last page.