1. Our Plan Was to Visit Washington Ohio California and Nevada

Name____________________________ Block_______________ Date___________

Comma Rules:

1. Items in a Series – Use commas to separate three or more items in a series.

Ex.

1. Our plan was to visit Washington Ohio California and Nevada.

2. I could not believe that Caleb had so many sisters—Audrey Ansley Kelsey and Sabrina.

2. Direct Address – Use commas to set of direct address.

Ex.

3. Mom are you sure that you want me to wait in carline?

4. After many year of playing baseball Coach Hopper I would like to try out for Liberty’s team.

3. Appositive Phrases – Use a commas to set off non-essential appositive phrases.

Ex.

5. Many years after his first title, Lance Armstrong a Tour-de-France champion won his seventh championship.

6. Clara Barton the founder of the American Red Cross founded many hospitals in Europe.

4. Long Introductions – Use a comma after introductory words or phrases.

Ex.

7. After we entered Canada we changed our speedometer to kilometers.

8. When the border appears the cars traveling to Canada must go through customs.

5. Interrupters – Use a comma to set off interruptions in a sentence.

Common Interrupters:

9. The lady at customs asked I believe to see our passports as well.

10. She requested that we pay a fee although I don’t know why in addition.

6. Compound Sentences – Use a comma before a conjunction when it joins two sentences.

Conjunctions (FANBOYS) –

Compound sentence = _____ + ______ and it must_______________________________.

11. We waited a long time to go through customs but we had no wait coming back home.

12. People living near the border must go through customs often so they must be used to the wait.

7. Equal Adjectives – Use commas to separate two or more adjectives of equal rank that comes before a noun. If you can switch’em and the sentence still makes sense, you need a comma!

13. Vancouver was a beautiful cold city to visit in the winter time.

14. The customs lady was a serious stern woman.