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Comma Usage Practice

Comma Usage Practice

Comic strip characters discussing punctuation

📝 Part 1: Commas in Lists

1. Add commas to separate the items in these lists:

a) I need to buy apples oranges bananas and grapes from the shop.

b) The sports equipment includes footballs cricket bats tennis rackets and swimming goggles.

c) My favourite subjects are maths science English and art.

2. Which sentence uses commas correctly in a list?

The weather was hot, humid, and, stormy.

The weather was hot, humid, and stormy.

The weather was hot humid, and stormy.

🏃 Part 2: Commas After Fronted Adverbial Clauses

3. Add commas after the fronted adverbial clauses in these sentences:

a) After the cricket match we went for ice cream.

b) Before breakfast I always brush my teeth.

c) During the school holidays my family travelled to Queensland.

4. Identify which part is the fronted adverbial clause. Circle the correct answer:

Yesterday evening, we watched a movie together.

Yesterday evening

we watched a movie

together

💬 Part 3: Commas in Dialogue

5. Add commas to punctuate the dialogue correctly:

a) "I can't wait for the weekend" said Emma excitedly.

b) Jake asked "Are you coming to the footy match on Saturday?"

c) "The temperature today is 28°C" announced the weather reporter.

6. Which dialogue is punctuated correctly?

"Let's go swimming," suggested Mia.

"Let's go swimming" suggested, Mia.

"Let's go swimming" suggested Mia,

🎭 Part 4: Comic Strip Comma Hunt

7. Read this comic strip script and add ALL the missing commas. Look for commas in lists, after fronted adverbials, and in dialogue:
Panel 1:
Character A: "After school today I need to buy pencils erasers rulers and notebooks."
Panel 2:
Character B: "Before we go shopping let's finish our homework" she suggested.
Panel 3:
Character A: "During lunch break we could organise our bags" replied Tom.
Panel 4:
Character B: "That's a brilliant idea! We'll need our maths books science journals art supplies and PE gear."
8. Check all the comma rules you used in the comic script above:

Commas in lists

Commas after fronted adverbial clauses

Commas in dialogue

🎯 Part 5: Challenge Questions

9. Fix the comma mistakes in this sentence:

"Let's eat Grandma!" called out the hungry children.

Rewrite this sentence to show they're talking TO Grandma, not about eating her:

10. Create your own sentence that includes:

• A fronted adverbial clause

• A list of at least 3 items

• Dialogue with correct comma punctuation

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