BBC
Bbc: Skillswise: Punctuation
This Skillswise site focuses on punctuation. Included are a video about why learning the different kinds of punctuation is important, fact sheets and worksheets for instruction, quizzes on the information presented, and several games to...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: The Colon as a Separator
The colon can separate parts of a title, citations of religious texts, and the hour and minutes in the time of day. Paige explains how!
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Meet the Comma
David and Paige introduce you to the superhero of the punctuation world: the comma! Practice this yourself on Khan Academy right now.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Commas in Space and Time
Learn how to use commas when writing addresses (in space) and dates (in time).
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Commas in Dialogue
"Today we're going to talk about using commas in dialogue," said David and Paige, KA's resident grammarians.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Commas and Introductory Elements
In English, you use commas to separate introductory elements from the rest of a sentence. Find out how with David and Paige!
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Commas and Adjectives
Commas separate adjectives when those adjectives belong to the same category: determiner, opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin and material. So two adjectives that are both opinions (a mushy, sticky apple) should have a comma between...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Appositives
David and Paige, KA's resident grammarians, cover appositives and how to use commas along with them.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: More Uses for Commas
David and Paige, KA's resident grammarians, discuss tag questions, yes and no statements, and direct address -- all situations where the comma is super useful.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Semicolons and Complex Lists
We use semicolons to punctuate a complex list, which is when list items contain commas. For example, "I visited Paris, France; Paris, Texas; and Paris, Illinois." Paige explains.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Simple and Compound Sentences
A simple sentence contains one independent clause. A compound sentence contains more than one! Put another way: a simple sentence contains a subject and a predicate, but a compound sentence contains more than one subject and more than...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Using Quotation Marks in Titles
This video tutorial explains when to use quotation marks in titles.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Punctuating a List
Learn how to use commas to punctuate a written list of people, things, actions, or events.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Parallel Structure
Parallel structure isn't a set rule, but more of a stylistic choice: it helps sentence elements maintain a pattern. This is a very special episode because it's Paige's last video with us as a KA intern! We will miss having Paige as a...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Parallel Structure in Lists
This lesson [11:03] discusses the importance of parallel construction in lists. This tutorial lesson shares a short screencast with the lesson's content.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Restrictive and Non Restrictive Elements
This lesson introduces restrictive elements and non-restrictive elements and the appropriate punctuation. [13:00]
Expansion Learning
Expansion Learning: What Is a Comma?
Video provides students with an explanation of commas.