Comma Teacher Resources

Notes and examples to show how commas are used with interjections.

Practice using commas as you complete this exercise, which requires you to know your comma rules.

Activity provides students the practice they need to master the skill of using commas correctly. Immediate feedback is given.

This grammar tutorial provides rules for the comma to separate independent clauses in a compound sentence.

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...

This page explains that restrictive clauses (essential to the meaning of the sentence) should NOT be set off by commas, and provides examples. It also explains that restrictive clauses often begin with the word "that."

Commas separate parts of sentences from each other, and they do so in many different ways.

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...

Conjunctions can join two separate clauses, but sometimes they need commas. Learn how to do so correctly with this video. [0:48]

This site features a list of eleven simple rules for comma usage. Come and sharpen your grammar skills when you visit this educational resource.

Purdue University provides a tutorial on the correct usage of commas.

This activity requires that you identify correctly punctuated sentences with introductory elements, then correct those which are incorrect.

Punctuation indicates how one should read any sentence. Commas, for example, indicate when a reader should take a brief pause, either for emphasis or for comprehension. [0:40]

This tutorial shows how to punctuate nonrestrictive and restrictive modifiers. Definitions and sample pairs of sentences are included.

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.

A grammar activity/assessment for the high school student on using commas correctly. With ten multiple choice questions that can be submitted to be scored and an essay question.

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...

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...

This tutorial focuses on the use of commas in nonessential elements whether they are words, phrases, or clauses. Links to practice exercises are provided.

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.

This slideshow focuses on how to punctuate dialogue; it explains the rules for quotation mark and comma use in direct speech, when switching speakers, and when a single speaker speaks in multiple, continuous paragraphs. It provides...

This video lesson from Yossarian the Grammarian explains what adjectives are and how to correctly use them in sentences.

This page from "Punctuation Made Simple," features comma use. Brush up on your comma skills with plenty of examples.

Learn how to use commas when writing addresses (in space) and dates (in time).