In the following paragraph, decide whether a comma is needed in each blank. When their little girl turned five her parents threw a huge birthday party. They invited all the little girls in the neighborhood. The girls had fancy makeovers, they watched a circus with actual tigers and acrobats and they ate a gigantic five-tier strawberry cake.

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Julissa Roach

12 July, 13:09

In the following paragraph, decide whether a comma is needed in each blank. When their little girl turned five her parents threw a huge birthday party. They invited all the little girls in the neighborhood. The girls had fancy makeovers, they watched a circus with actual tigers and acrobats and they ate a gigantic five-tier strawberry cake.

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Harold Mason · Answer 1

Considering as blank any space between the words, the correct is the following:

When their little girl turned five, her parents threw a huge birthday party. They invited all the little girls in the neighborhood. The girls had fancy makeovers, they watched a circus with actual tigers and acrobats, and they ate a gigantic five-tier strawberry cake.

Explanation:

Dependent clauses are separated by a comma.

When their little girl turned five, her parents threw a huge birthday party.

When listing more than two items, you separate them all with comma, even if you use the word "and".

The girls had fancy makeovers, they watched a circus with actual tigers and acrobats, and they ate a gigantic five-tier strawberry cake.