Handouts 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 Additional Item Rules for Fixing Comma Splices and Fused Sentences Back to top ▲ Fragments Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Exercise 7 Additional Items Back to top ▲ Irregular Verbs Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Additional Items Back to top ▲ Parallel Structure Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Exercise 6 Additional Item Rules for Maintaining Parallel Structure Back to top ▲ Misplaced & Dangling Modifiers Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Exercise 5 Additional Item Rules for Fixing Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers Back to top ▲ Apostrophes Commas Exercise 1 Exercise 2 Exercise 3 Exercise 4 Exercise 5 [Not for the faint-hearted!]
Punctuation Rap: Song Lyrics and Sound Clip This song is available on Earth Tone's Mind Games. Chorus: Whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna say? If you don't know punctuation. Periods are first on our list of punctuation marks They end every sentence before a new one starts (and) if you're using numbers in a list or outline put one after every number and you will be fine Next up is the question mark It's a period with a curl on top Use it after every question that you write down Sometimes in Spanish it's upside down The punctuation mark that we use the most is called a comma and that is no joke If you have to list several things in a row use a comma to help keep your flow For example: "I had bacon <comma> eggs <comma> cereal <comma> and juice for breakfast <period>. Use commas in your address to separate the street from the city and the city from the state and also when you write dates like January second, two thousand and eight Two related ideas hooked together by a comma are called a compound sentence, no need for drama