Commas With Coordinate & Cumulative Adjectives

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    Coordinate adjectives need a comma; cumulative adjectives do not.

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Review coordinate and cumulative adjectives. Practice when you need a comma and when you don't.

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  • 2. 

    Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

    • The girl grew confident, tall, and wise.

    • The girl grew confident tall and wise.

    Correct Answer
    A. The girl grew confident, tall, and wise.
    Explanation
    These adjectives are coordinate since you can switch up the order and use and between them. You need commas with coordinate adjectives.

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  • 3. 

    Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

    • A friend gave me five, nervous, little fish.

    • A friend gave me five nervous little fish.

    Correct Answer
    A. A friend gave me five nervous little fish.
    Explanation
    These adjectives are cumulative, so you do not use commas. You can not mix up the order: nervous five little fish.

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  • 4. 

    What type of adjectives are the bold words in this sentence: The poster depicted a strong, tall child wearing a black denim shirt.

    Correct Answer
    Cumulative
    Explanation
    You can not say denim black. Since you can not mix up the order, it is cumulative.

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  • 5. 

    What type of adjectives are the bold words in this sentence: The poster depicted a strong, tall child wearing a black denim shirt.

    Correct Answer
    coordinate
    Explanation
    You can mix up the order and put and between them, so they are coordinate.

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  • 6. 

    Which sentence is punctuated correclty?

    • An old, redwood tree stood tall.

    • An old redwood tree stood tall.

    Correct Answer
    A. An old redwood tree stood tall.
    Explanation
    These adjectives are cumulative, so you do not need commas. You can not mix up the order: a redwood old tree. You can not put and between them old and redwood. Since you can not mix up the order or put and between them, you know they are cumulative, so no commas.

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  • 7. 

    The adjectives in bold are cumulative adjectives. The tall, pretty girl came towards me.

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    Correct Answer
    A. False
    Explanation
    These adjectives are coordinate because they each describe the girl separately. You know this because you can mix up the order or put and between them.

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  • 8. 

    Which sentence is puncuated correctly?

    • An old, enormous tree stood tall.

    • An old enormous tree stood tall.

    Correct Answer
    A. An old, enormous tree stood tall.
    Explanation
    This adjectives are coordinate, so you need to use commas. You can mix up the order: enormous old tree. You can put and between them: an old and enormous tree stood tall.

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