Curated OER
Compound Sentences
Third graders write sentences that have the same topic using a comma and and, as well as practice writing new compound sentences by combining five pairs of sentences on paper. They then work in pairs and take turns writing simple...
Curated OER
Commas
Students explore the use of commas. They demonstrate the correct use of commas within lists. Students participate in a listing activity. They discover how commas can assist a sentence in making sense. Students place commas in correct...
Curated OER
The Fanboys
Learners explore coordinating conjunctions in order to explore how to properly use them in compound sentences. The differences in structure between simple and compound sentences are analyzed.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Commas With Non Essential Elements
This tutorial focuses on the use of commas in nonessential elements whether they are words, phrases, or clauses. Links to practice exercises are provided.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Commas: Exercise #2
Put in commas wherever they are needed in the ten sentences provided. Check your answers when you are done.
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Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: An Educational Companion to Eats, Shoots & Leaves [Pdf]
Eats, Shoots & Leaves illustrates the necessity of correct punctuation in order to convey intended meaning. Punctuation rules are stated here in a concise manner with accompanying exercises/keys.
Grammar Check
Grammar Check: Top 6 Common Comma Problems (Infographic)
The following comma issues are explained, along with corrections, on this infographic: comma splices, interrupters, serial commas, interchangeable adjectives, introductory words, and introductory dependent clauses.
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online
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...
Other
Sandhills Community College: The Comma
An excellent and comprehensive guide to the uses of the comma in English punctuation. Includes several uses and several examples. Highly recommended.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Commas With Nonessential Elements Exercise 3
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with placing commas in sentences that have nonessential elements in them.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Commas After Introductions Exercise 2
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with adding commas to introductory phrases in sentences.
English Plus+
English Plus: Commas in Compound Sentences
This grammar tutorial provides rules for the comma to separate independent clauses in a compound sentence.
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
This punctuation quiz requires the student to insert necessary commas before comparing his or her version to the possible answers.
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.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing
A treasure of grammar and writing information. Index links broken down to sentence level, paragraph level, and essay level. Site also contains PDF samples of business writing and research papers, PowerPoint presentations, interactive...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Avoiding Comma Splices
An interactive online quiz teaching about and correcting the use of comma splices in writing. A good tool for students to improve their writing skills.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Avoiding Comma Splices 2
Another interactive online quiz teaching about and correcting the use of comma splices in writing. A good tool for students to improve their writing skills.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Abbreviations
A very competent look at how to use abbreviations in their proper context. This site also examines the proper use of abbreviations with titles, numbers and phrases.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Harcourt: School Publishers: Multimedia Grammar Glossary
Designed as a complement to Harcourt's Trophies Reading series, this handy grammar glossary allows you to look up grammar terms typically covered in grades 1-5. For each term, you will see a definition, sample sentence (sometimes...
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Using Commas With Coordinating Conjunctions
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.
SUNY Empire State College
Empire State College: Rules for Use of Commas
Five basic uses of the comma and some other common uses are discussed with an example and a tip after each rule.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Commas: Exercise #3
Put in commas wherever they are needed in the sentences provided. Answers are included at the end of the exercise.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Commas: Exercise #5
Put in commas wherever they are needed in the seventeen sentences. Answers are included at the end of the exercise.