Punctuation Campground. Practice Comma Quiz. Exercises at Grammar Bytes! Terms of Use You may not alter, sell, or post these materials on a different server.
Photocopying for students or linking to materials here does not require my permission. Comma Splices & Fused Sentences Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Even More Practice! List of Interactive Quizzes. The quizzes with a magenta marble are also listed within the section or digital handout to which they apply.
The twenty-one quizzes with a green marble and designated "Practice" have been adapted from the instructor's manual and other ancillary materials accompanying Sentence Sense: A Writer's Guide. Online Writing Lab - Comma Placement. Comma Placement The comma was originally invented in order to avoid confusion in sentences; however, since it can be used in so many different ways, students are often confused as to when to use it and where it should be placed.
Many students have been taught, for example, that a comma should be placed wherever the reader pauses. The problem with this reasoning is that each reader might pause at a different place in the sentence. The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation. Using Commas with Coordinating Conjunctions.