Term 1 Week 4
Commas
Monday, November 2nd
Sometimes a word or phrase will interrupt what the sentence is saying and needs to
be set off with commas. These are interrupters. Examples of these include the
following: in fact, for example, by the way, after all, to be exact, on the other hand,
however.
Example 1- Yesterday, on the other hand, was a more productive day.
Example 2- He was, I believe, an amateur swimmer.
Add commas where they are needed.
1. You are after all the only one to understand French out of everyone that I know.
2. They are in fact the only beekeepers in town since the other ones moved away.
3. I had planned however to go home first before going to the game.
4. It was in fact written on May 27 near Biloxi.
5. We after all are the winners of the competition no matter what anyone else says.
Compose a sentence that includes an interrupter.
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Tuesday, November 3rd
When there are at least two items in a date or an address, you separate the items
with a comma, but you also separate the second item from the rest of the sentence
unless it ends the sentence.
Example 1- Biloxi, Mississippi, is found on the Gulf of Mexico.
Example 2- On December 10, 1817, Mississippi was admitted as the 20th state of the union.
Add commas where they are needed.
1. Their trip to Seattle Washington will take three days because they will be driving
over a thousand miles.
2. The race will be held in Charlotte North Carolina on October 1 2015.
3. Our conference on June 2 2003 was very effective because we talked about the
issues that many teenagers face on a daily basis.
4. Atlanta Georgia was the setting of the Olympics several years ago.
5. Kosciusko Mississippi is the birthplace of Oprah Winfrey.
Compose a sentence that includes a date or a city and state. Punctuate it correctly.
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Wednesday, November 4th
Coordinate adjectives are two or more adjectives that modify the same noun equally.
They need to be separated with a comma.
Ex. cool, windy night
Ex. some colorful, decorated eggs
*Tip- Try putting and between the adjectives or changing their order.
Add the commas where they are needed. If commas are not needed, leave the
sentence alone.
1. spicy hot food
2. several distinct cultural groups
3. Hot humid climate
4. Bleak arid landscape
5. Hot pink shirt
6. Rich complex history
Compose a sentence that utilizes a coordinate adjective.
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Thursday, November 5th
Refer to the three rules we have reviewed this week. Compose a paragraph that
includes at least one example of each rule. Underline all three of your examples.
Write the paragraph in the narrative form about a place you would like to visit.
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Friday, November 6th
Sentence Variety Practice
You may start a sentence with an adverb before the subject.
Ex. Eagerly, we settled onto the muddy forest floor and waited.
-Mildred Taylor, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
Create two sentences that follow the example.
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