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University Center for Learning Assistance

Commas

For Students 5th - 9th
How well do your pupils know comma rules? Clear up confusion with this document, which includes an abundance of information about how and when to use commas as well as a practice exercise. Note: The answers are on the bottom of the page....
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Exercise : Run Ons, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences

For Students 9th - 10th
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice identifying run-on sentences, comma splices, and fused sentences.
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Vancouver Island University

Malaspina: Punctuating Between Main Clauses

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Four printable exercises in which punctuation errors need to be corrected. 2.1 requires correction of compound sentences by putting in commas or semicolons where needed and getting rid of comma splices. 2.2 requires comma splice...
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Identifying Independent and Dependent Clauses

For Students 9th - 10th
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with identifying sentence fragments and then fixing them.
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Other

Illinois State University: Punctuation Made Simple

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Brief tutorial on how to use some of the most confusing punctuation marks: colon, semicolon, comma, dash, and the apostrophe.