The Write Advice: More About Commas

Here is another post which is closely linked to the previous one on comma splices and run-on sentences - Click here.

This next worksheet covers commas in more detail. It looks at 8 areas in total such as:

- using commas to separate a list of ideas.
- using commas to separate day month a year.
- placing a comma before a conjunction (but, or, so)
- Separating an dependent and independent clause
and much more. 

In the last section of the worksheet, I try to link commas with spoken speech. Pausing, or spoken commas, can help an English learner become more comprehensible to a listener.

I hope you find the information useful. Feel free to use and adapt it, and if you have any feedback, let me know.

Click here to download the worksheet. 

The Write Advice: Comma Splice & Run on Sentences Work Sheets

I hope that you'll find the work sheet below useful. Writing is a very important skill for our learners as this is usually how teachers assess if they have understood what they have learned. 

Whether our learners are writing Facebook posts, text messages, essays or examinations, it is important for them to be able to explain their ideas clearly, so the reader is able to understand them.

Below is a work sheet on Comma Splices and Run on Sentences. Feel free to download it, adapt it and use it in your classrooms. 

Click here to download the document

I'll be uploading more worksheets on cohesive devices, fragmented sentences, parallel structures and creating cohesion in writing very soon.