Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ninth Lit and Composition:types of Writing: Sentence Errors
This lesson focuses on sentence errors like fragments, run-ons, comma splices, and fused sentences. It expains these errors, provides examples, and offers an interactive practice activity.
University of Ottawa (Canada)
University of Ottawa: The Comma
The University of Ottawa's Writing Center developed this site. The major sections of the site are "Comma Usage" and "Superfluous Commas." Right and wrong examples are included, along with links for definitions.
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Ballard Community School District: Comma Worksheet #4 [Pdf]
Practice using commas correctly in sentences with nouns of direct address and in dates and addresses.
Curated OER
Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Comma
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Comma."
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Commas Fill in the Blank
This challenging comma quiz uses an actual essay and requires the user to decide whether each blank requires a comma or not.
University of North Carolina
Commas, Commas and More Commas
How do you become a comma super hero? Use this awesome resource to learn more about commas. Students and teachers can brush up on their comma skills when they explore this educational site.
English Plus+
English Plus: Commas in Addresses
Site describes and identifies how and when to use the comma in letter writing. Examples provided.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Quiz on Comma Usage
In this comma quiz, students read each of two paragraphs and insert necessary commas. When finished with both paragraphs, they click "Explanations" to see the correct comma placements. Java is required. Links are also provided to "Guide...
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Commas: Exercise 1
This Grammar Bytes site shares an interactive commas quiz. Given two options per question, students will choose the option that will fix the comma error. A downloadable handout is available to keep track of the students' answers.
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Frequently Asked Questions Concerning Punctuation
This site provides the answers to six frequently asked questions regarding punctuation. For example, "Should I use a comma before AND in a series?" The question "Do commas and periods go inside our outside the closing quotation mark?" is...
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Illinois State University: Punctuation Made Simple
Brief tutorial on how to use some of the most confusing punctuation marks: colon, semicolon, comma, dash, and the apostrophe.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Comma's Worksheet (Coordinate Adjectives Part 1)
[Free Registration/Login Required] Use this worksheet to practice rewriting sentences to separate coordinating adjectives with a comma.
English Plus+
English Plus: Commas With Paired Adjectives
A clear explanation, with examples, of how to decide when to use a comma between adjectives. Learn the difference between paired, or coordinate, adjectives, and cumulative adjectives.
Towson University
Towson University: Online Writing Support: Avoiding Fragments
This entry focuses on forming complete sentences by identifying fragments, comma splices, and fused sentences and learning how to correct them. It provides the rules, examples of errors, and examples of how to correct each type of error.
ACT360 Media
Writing Tips: Sentence Builder Punctuation
A list of the major elements of punctuation in the English language, including the period, question mark, exclamation mark, comma, apostrophe, quotation marks, colon, semicolon, dash, and hyphen. Provides a brief description and the...
Other
Write Content Solutions: Commas: Coordinate Adjectives
Get a clear understanding of coordinate adjectives and the comma rule that applies to them.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Cool, Cool Commas
This tutorial focuses on 4 basic comma rules that cover 85% of all comma use: series, compound sentences, direct address, and introductory clauses. It provides an audio clip explaining these 4 rules and 5 short slide shows: one for each...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Editing Techniques: Checking Your Sentence Structure
A ten-slide presentation demonstrating how to edit writing for sentence variety and how to identify and correct sentence errors such as fragments, run-ons, and comma splices.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Run on Sentences
A variety of presentation formats including notes, a PowerPoint presentation, activities, and a video [4:52] defining run-on sentences and comma splices and explaining different ways of correcting them.
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Sandhills Community College: Punctuation Guide
Lists, defines and describes the uses of many elements of English punctuation, including the period, comma, semicolon, colon, apostrophe, quotation, hyphen, and dash. Includes several examples.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: 13.1: Common Errors in Grammar and Punctuation
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explanations and examples that teach how to identify and correct errors in subject/verb agreement, comma splices, sentence fragments, capitalization of titles and...
Other
Grammar Monster: Using a Comma After an Interjection
Notes and examples to show how commas are used with interjections.
University of Victoria (Canada)
Where Does the Comma Go?: Introductory Elements
This page, from an online guide to commas by a faculty member from the University of Victoria, explains the rules governing comma usage after introductory phrases.
Expansion Learning
Expansion Learning: Is This a Correct Use of a Comma?
Activity provides students the practice they need to master the skill of using commas correctly. Immediate feedback is given.
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