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Grammar Bytes: Exercise 2: Finding Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
Recognize comma splices and fused sentences by clicking on the error in 20 sentences.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Exercise 3: Finding Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
Recognize comma splices and fused sentences by clicking on the error in 20 sentences.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Exercise 4: Finding Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
Choose the best way to correct sentences errors identified in 20 sentences.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Exercise 5: Finding Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
Choose the best way to correct sentences errors identified in 20 sentences.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Apostrophes: Exercise 1
Practice apostrophe usage by deciding if the apostrophe in each of these 20 sentences is used correctly.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Apostrophes: Exercise 2
Practice apostrophe usage by deciding if the apostrophes in each of these 20 sentences are used correctly.
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Grammar Bytes: Apostrophes: Exercise 3
Practice apostrophe usage by deciding if the apostrophes in each of these 20 sentences are used correctly.
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Grammar Bytes: Apostrophes: Exercise 4
Practice apostrophe usage typing the possessive word that replaces the underlined phrase in each of 20 sentences.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Apostrophes: Exercise 5
Practice apostrophe usage typing the possessive word that replaces the underlined phrase in each of 20 sentences.
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.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Commas: Exercise 2
Practice comma usage by correcting any comma errors in these 20 sentences.
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Grammar Bytes: Commas: Exercise 4
Practice comma usage by placing commas correctly in each sentence.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Comma Before And
This page focuses on the use of a comma before the word "and." It explains using a comma between items in a series with the use of "and" and before "and" when it is in front of an independent clause. Examples are provided.
Other
Lancashire Schools: Literacy: Plural "Y" Endings
This site offers a self-scoring quiz changing singular words that end in Y to plurals. Students type in the correct spelling of the plural.
Other
Project l.a.: Possessive Nouns
Designed for elementary students, this Internet viewable slide show explains how to form possessives, then provides practice sentences. At the end are links to an online practice quiz and a printable worksheet.
Quia
Quia: Punctuation Commas and End Marks
Play Hangman as you recall the basic types of sentences and punctuation marks. Great fun!
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Illinois State U.: Punctuation Made Simple Semicolon
What purpose does a semicolon serve in punctuation? Explore this website to learn more about this small but powerful grammar tool.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Presentations: Fragments, Comma Splices, and Fused Sentences
A PowerPoint slide explaining common sentence errors and how to correct them. Questions that may be found on standardized tests are included.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Standard Punctuation Power Point
Learn about using end marks, commas, semicolons, and apostrophes correctly. Practice identifying correct usage in questions that could be found on standardized tests.
English Worksheets Land
English Worksheets Land: Using Commas With Introductory Phrases [Pdf]
This worksheet requires that you identify correctly punctuated sentences with introductory elements, then correct those which are incorrect.
Other
Cayuga Community College: Clauses, Phrases, and Commas [Pdf]
Learn about phrases, dependent and independent clauses, and how to use commas appropriately with clauses and phrases.
Other
Library Online: Colon and Semicolon Punctuation in Writing
Rules and examples in list form demonstrating the proper use of both the colon and semicolon.
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online: Avoiding Comma Splices and Run Ons
An informational page outlining the definitions and uses of comma splices, run-on sentences, and fused sentences. A great resource for students struggling with these in their writing.