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Grammar Tales Commas
Grammar Tales Commas
Commas
We teach
Kindergarten and
Grades 1 and 2
and 3 and 4.
Let’s Review Commas
You can also use commas to make one sentence out of two shorter
ones. For instance: My fish is red. His name is Ned. These ideas might
be joined with commas to become: Ned, my fish, is red.
Words like but and yet are often used with a comma to join sentences.
For instance: I like soccer. I don’t like baseball. The joined sentence
might read: I like soccer, but I don’t like baseball.
ISBN: 0-439-45822-6
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Grammar Tales: When Comma Came to Town © Scholastic Teaching Resources
We teach
Kindergarten and
Grades 1 and 2
and 3 and 4.
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that is, until folks met the comma.
Every sentence was such a drama—
Grammar Tales: When Comma Came to Town © Scholastic Teaching Resources
When you have a
list, you can put
commas between
each item instead of
the word and. The
sentence gets shorter
and sounds better!
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Before that, lists went on and on—
and conversations made folks yawn!
Grammar Tales: When Comma Came to Town © Scholastic Teaching Resources
Your Turn:
On a separate sheet, shorten
this sentence by replacing
the ands with commas:
My favorite colors are blue
and green and red and yellow
and orange and purple and
pink and burnt sienna.
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T h r e e ch e e r s
for Comma!
Grammar Tales: When Comma Came to Town © Scholastic Teaching Resources
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There were other places he needed to go,
Grammar Tales: When Comma Came to Town © Scholastic Teaching Resources
Commas can often be found
in sentences that have the
words but, however, yet, and
although. See if you can figure
out where commas belong in
these sentences:
1. She loves soccer but not as
much as gymnastics.
2. I’m allergic to dogs however
I have two.
3. He tried and tried yet he just
couldn’t hula-hoop.
4. I don’t like broccoli although
I do prefer it to asparagus.
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Grammar Tales: When Comma Came to Town © Scholastic Teaching Resources
You can also use commas to make one sentence out of two shorter
ones. For instance: My fish is red. His name is Ned. These ideas might
be joined with commas to become: Ned, my fish, is red.
Words like but and yet are often used with a comma to join sentences.
For instance: I like soccer. I don’t like baseball. The joined sentence
might read: I like soccer, but I don’t like baseball.
ISBN: 0-439-45822-6
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 40 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04