comma bingo - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. My besty, May, came to my party
2. Soccer, however, is fun and easy.
3. John loves ice cream but not coconut cake
4. Use a comma to separate the day of the month from the year. Also, use one after the year if the sentence continues. EX.: I have lived here since August 21, 2014. EX.: we are having the party on October 4, 2011, in our backyard.
5. I love to do handstands, cartwheels, and flips
6. Use a comma before and after words use to interrupt a sentence. EX.: Typing, however, is very quick and neat.
7. Use a comma before and after an appositive or an appositive phrase if it is nonessential. EX. of Essential appositive: one of my sisters Anne was an attendant in my wedding. EX. of a Nonessential appositive: my sister, anne, came to my wedding. A
8. It is proclaimed that, we are supposed to eat the cake
9. Use a comma when an independent clause ( CC-coordinating conjunction) leads to an independent clause. EX.: Joe likes pizza, but Fred likes tacos.
10. Use a comma between a city and a state. Also, use one after the state if the sentence continues. EX.: The capital of our state is Concord, New Hampshire.
11. I can't wait to see you later, Bob
12. Always use commas to separate items in a series or list EX: I like chocolate, cookie monster, and mint chip ice cream
13. If it’s sunny, we'll go in the pool
14. After the park, we will go to the pool
15. Use a comma to separate two or more Consecutive similar adjectives. Do not put a comma if the adjectives are not similar. ( If you can insert the word “and” and it still makes sense, then use a comma). Music is a relaxing, calming, serene activit
16. Use a comma when a sentence starts with an introductory participial phrase. EX.: Running down the hall, he tripped and fell.
17. Jeff like to swim, but bobby likes to climb
18. At the finish line, she slipped and fell
19. The theme park was a fun, amazing adventure
20. I live in Orlando, Florida.
21. Use a comma when addressing someone (a noun of direct address).
22. Today is February 10, 2010
23. DO NOT USE A COMMA WHEN the sentence structure is subject verb cc verb. EX.: Joe likes pizza but does not like vegetables.
24. When an adverb dependent clause leads to an independent clause use a comma. EX.: If it rains, we’ll stay inside.