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Practice 1.10.1: Commas!
Practice 1.10.2: Comma sense
Practice 1.10.3: Comma Lego
Practice 1.10.4: Real-world commas
Quiz 1.10.5: Beginning commas
Teacher Guide
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Skills in focus:
Commas separate or join words or thoughts within a sentence, usually to clarify the meaning of the sentence.
Use commas to join ideas and words into a longer sentence.
Joining independent clauses
Joining a dependent and an independent clause
After introductory phrases
Setting off appositives
Use commas to separate items in a list of three or more words
Use commas to separate the street, city, and state in addresses
Use commas to separate the day from the year in dates
When in doubt, ask yourself if your reader will misunderstand the meaning of your sentence without the comma or if their brain would be overwhelmed, and remember that less is more.