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5-Minute Drill: Sentences & Commas

O Level · English Language 1123 · Practice · Paper 1

10 questions · 5 minutes. Identify sentences vs fragments, place commas correctly, and fix common exam errors — built from real 1123 marking patterns.

10 questions · 5 minutes · instant scoring

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Identify

Section A — Core Skill

Identify and classify key grammatical concepts.

Which of the following is a complete sentence?

Which of the following is a fragment, not a sentence?

Identify the sentence.

Apply

Section B — Application

Apply rules in sentence-level contexts.

Which sentence uses commas correctly when listing items?

Where should the comma be placed in this sentence? "After finishing her homework she went out to play."

Which sentence correctly uses a comma before a joining word like "but"?

My brother is a doctor. Which sentence adds where he lives, using commas correctly?

Challenge

Section C — Mixed Challenge

Harder questions combining multiple concepts.

Choose the correctly punctuated version of the following: "The teacher explained the lesson the students took notes."

Which of the following fixes the fragment by turning it into a complete sentence?

Which sentence is correctly punctuated throughout?

Answer all 10 questions to submit.