Grammar Starter

Commas

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Grammar Starter: Commas ,

Definition: A piece of punctuation which indicates a
short pause.

Example: His bedroom was painted in blue, white

and green stripes.
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 There are three different uses
of commas
1) When there is a list of words in a sentence:
• We will need hammers, nails and a saw.
• She stopped, stared and ran.
• Mr Cherry was a warm, hospitable man.
• Sam frightened the cat, teased the dog and
annoyed the neighbours.

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 There are three different uses of
commas

2) To break up longer sentences into smaller parts

to make more sense:
• When he saw the pirate ship on the horizon,
the captain gave the alarm.
• She called as loudly as she could, but no-one
could hear her.

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 There are three different uses of
commas

3) To separate out any extra information that is

added. The words enclosed by the commas could be
left out without changing the general meaning of
the sentence:
Paul Mann, our star player, broke his leg in the
match on Saturday.

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the match onSome
Saturday.
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 Task time: create your own
Write three sentences for each way you can use
commas in a sentence.

1) When there is a list of words in a sentence.

2) To break up longer sentences.
3) To separate out any extra information that is
added.

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Can I describe the grammar Can I describe the grammar Can I describe the grammar
feature using the correct feature using the correct feature and give my own examples
definition? definition and give my own as well as identifying it in in a