Sometimes it feels like young writers just place commas as they please! Ensure that your pupils uses these important punctuation marks properly by requiring them to study the information here and complete the grammar exercise....

Understanding how phrases are built and function will be an invaluable tool for students. This tutorial features many examples to help the student in grasping grammar concepts.

The Purdue University Writing Lab explains appositives and their punctuation. Example sentences followed by a ten-sentence exercise. Answer key supplied.

The first half of this tutorial on clauses and phrases covers topics such as independent clauses, dependent clauses, adjective clauses, adverb clauses, noun clauses, essential clauses, and nonessential clauses. The second part discusses...

Defines and provides examples of seven different types of phrases. The following types of phrases are included: absolute, appositive, gerund, infinitive, noun, participial, and prepositional. L.9-10.1b Phrases/Clauses

This tutorial focuses on the use of commas in nonessential elements whether they are words, phrases, or clauses. Links to practice exercises are provided.

The composition of a noun is more than just a person, place or thing. Use this resource to study examples of nouns and their many uses.

Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a sentence fragment.

Ten detailed comma rules are found on this page.

Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a sentence fragment.

This lesson introduces the em dash and explains when and how it is used. An audio version is provided [1:28], and the lesson is followed by a three-question quiz to check for understanding. It is 1 of 2 in the series titled "The Em Dash."