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Google

Using Commas in Sentences [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 3rd Standards
Students write their own sentences that each includes a series of words to punctuate correctly.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Commas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This comma tutorial include 5 slideshows: 1. how and when to use or not use commas, 2. proper use of commas in coordinating clauses, 3. proper use of commas in lists, 4. proper use of commas in introductory phrases, and 5. proper use of...
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University of Victoria (Canada)

Elc Study Zone: Using Commas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Do you know how to use commas properly? Use this website to learn more about these pesky punctuation marks.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Using Commas and Quotations

For Students 1st - 5th Standards
Quotations and commas are two very useful punctuation tools that indicate dialogue and brief pausing in sentences. Learn how to use them correctly! [0:46]
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BBC

Bbc: Skillswise: Using Commas [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Use this BBC Skillswise factsheet to learn more about commas, including how to use them in a series and how to separate less important parts of a sentence.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Cool, Cool Commas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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...
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Other

Comma Rules

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Ten detailed comma rules are found on this page.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Using Commas With Introductory Phrases

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This online quiz from the Capital Community College is tightly focused on commas and introductory phrases. Ten questions ask the reader to insert commas where necessary, then check the sentence against the website's version. Vocabulary...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Using Commas and Quotations | No Nonsense Grammar

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
Quotations and commas are two very useful punctuation tools that indicate dialogue and brief pausing in sentences. Learn how to use them correctly!
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Using Commas With Coordinating Conjunctions

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
An exercise with ten compound sentences. Students are asked to type the commas where they belongs in compound sentences with a coordinating conjunctions. Then students can check their answers to see how they did.
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Grammar Tips

Commas With Compound Sentences

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This clearly worded guide clearly explains how to use commas in compound sentences.
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Commas

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will understand how to use commas to separate portions of sentences (lists, subordinate clauses, extra information).
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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Commas After Introductory Phrases

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Grammarly Handbook resource explains how to use commas after introductory phrases in sentences.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Comma Use Around Interrupters

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page focuses on the need for commas around interrupters in sentences and provides examples. Common interrupters include in fact, to say the least, however, generally speaking, sadly, happily, and unfortunately. Nouns of address can...
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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Unnecessary Comma in a Complex Sentence

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Rules and examples for using commas when writing a complex sentence.
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California State University

California State University Domingues Hills: Comma Usage: Introductory Phrases

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This fifteen-item worksheet will help you determine how well you understand how to use commas with introductory elements in a sentence.
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Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: Commas: Exercise 1

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a 20-question quiz for comma usage; it includes an interactive quiz or a PDF downloadable/printable quiz. Students select the best answer to correct the problem in each sentence from the two options given.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Commas: The Basics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces the comma and how it is used.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: As Well as Comma

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page explains that the use of the prhase "as well as" in sentences requires a judgement call; it usually does not require the use of a comma unless it is part of a non-restrictive clause, but exceptions apply. Examples are provided.
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Quia

Quia: Commas Galore

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
An interactive quiz game where students are asked to choose the sentence that uses commas correctly. Answer twelve increasingly difficult questions in order to win the game but be careful. Incorrect answers will send the player back to...
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English Worksheets Land

English Worksheets Land: Commas With Introductory Phrases [Pdf]

For Students 5th - 8th Standards
Practice placing commas after introductory elements in ten sentences.
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The Write Place

Literacy Education Online

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Literacy Education Online (or LEO) is a great place to start if you need help with your writing. The homepage is organized around kinds of problems or questions you might have concerning your writing. Find your problem, click on the...
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ACT360 Media

Writing Tips: Sentence Builder: Comma

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A brief description of the rules, usage, and examples of the "comma" in English punctuation.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Comma Sense

For Students 9th - 10th
Notes, a PowerPoint presentation, and a video introducing commas, their purpose, and common usage mistakes. Comma rules and examples concerning coordinating clauses, items in a list, introductory elements, and nouns of direct address are...