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Comma Splices
Ah, the comma splice; somehow it works its way into middle and high schoolers' writing quite often. To start, this worksheet defines comma splice and focuses on the four ways to correct them. For practice, pupils correct the comma...
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Comma Usage
Review nine common comma rules with page one of this two-page packet. Then, provide your class the second page for practice. A great resource waits for you here!
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Comma Practice Worksheet 3
Are you teaching the comma rules in your classroom? This resource packet covers several comma rules, gives examples of each, and provides short practice opportunities for your learners. Answers are not included.
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Avoiding Run-On Sentences (I)
Eliminate run-on sentences! This practice opportunity highlights run-on sentence errors and how to fix them. Examples are shown, and learners are given two options: using semi-colons or commas and coordinating conjunctions. Help polish...
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Commas
How do you use a comma? Review the most basic uses of a comma with this quick and easy presentation. Six comma rules are introduced and examples are given, but no practice opportunity is currently provided. Edit the presentation by...
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Where Does the Comma Go?
Where does the comma go? Use this resource to help your class practice placing commas. They work through 10 different sentences adding the comma to the proper place in each. Tip: Award points to the group that correctly places the comma...
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Commas After Introductions Exercise 2
In this comma usage activity, students are given ten sentences that they must correct by placing a commas in the correct place. Students must identify whether there was an introductory word, clause or phrase in the sentence.
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The Mystery of Easter Island and Commas
In this commas and Easter Island worksheet, students read three uses for commas in a box at the top of the paper. They punctuate 12 sentences properly by adding commas and periods where they belong.
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Quiz on Comma Usage
In this punctuation worksheet, students complete an on-line interactive exercise in which the correct punctuation is inserted into three separate paragraphs.