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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Commas in Dialogue, Tag Ques, Direct Address & Yes or No Responses

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find and use commas to set off dialogue, in tag questions, for direct address, and for yes-and-no responses.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Commas After Introductions, Exercise 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this exercise to determine your understanding of comma usage with introductory elements in sentences.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Commas After Introductory Words

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Grammarly Handbook resource explains how to use commas after introductory elements. Numerous examples of commas after introductory phrases, introductory clauses, and introductory transitions are provided in this resource.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Commas: Exercise #3

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Put in commas wherever they are needed in the sentences provided. Answers are included at the end of the exercise.
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Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Using Commas in a Series

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
In this learning module, students read about the rules for using commas to divide nouns, verbs, and adjectives when the words are written in a series. They insert commas in a practice exercise with 25 questions and receive immediate...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How to Use Commas for Introductory Elements

For Students 2nd - 7th Standards
Introductory elements are clauses, phrases, and words that appear before the main part of a sentence. Without commas, the reader may be confused. Use commas to indicate properly the who and the what. [0:40]
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Commas: Exercise #5

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Put in commas wherever they are needed in the seventeen sentences. Answers are included at the end of the exercise.
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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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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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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Extended Rules for Using Commas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Purdue University provides a tutorial on the correct usage of commas.
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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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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: How to Use Commas With Conjunctions

For Students 1st - 4th Standards
Conjunctions can join two separate clauses, but sometimes they need commas. Learn how to do so correctly with this video. [0:48]
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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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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Readability: Commas as Separators

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on recognizing and demonstrating the use of commas as separators including with transition words, descriptive phrases, and adjacent items. It also provides a practice activity.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Commas and Adjectives

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Learn about coordinate adjectives and putting commas between them.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Rules for Comma Usage

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Here's a site from the Capital Community College to show the correct and incorrect way to use or not use commas.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Commas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Watch a video and click through a nine-slide presentation to learn where commas came from, how they are used properly, and when they should not be used. [7:27]
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Commas in a Series

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This slideshow focuses on the use of commas in a series. It discusses the rule for commas in a series; requirements of a series; words, phrases, and clauses in a series; and comma placement.
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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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Other

Comma Rules

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Ten detailed comma rules are found on this page.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Quotations and Commas

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
During this lesson students will have the opportunity to learn the proper way to use quotations and commas. They will view information on the Internet and participate in online activities to help them master this concept.
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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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The Write Place

Literacy Education Online: Comma Rules

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Use this site for recognizing when to use commas. Includes examples.
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Google

Commas in a Series [Pdf]

For Students 1st - 2nd Standards
Students practice correct comma usage with ten sentences in which commas are missing from lists of words in this downloadable PDF.

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