Curated OER
Spring: Find All Words
In this spring terminology/key terminology worksheet, learners define, review and discuss the eleven key terms associated with spring.
Curated OER
2nd Grade Sight Words: Find All Words
In this second grade sight words activity, 2nd graders define, review and discuss the ten key terms associated with second grade sight words.
Curated OER
Groundhog Day: Find All Words
In this Groundhog Day terminology/key terms learning exercise, students define, review and discuss the nine key terms associated with Groundhog Day.
Curated OER
Focus on Writing a Persuasive Letter
In this persuasive writing worksheet, learners combine sentences to help them write a persuasive letter. Students complete three activities for sentence combining.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Comma vs. Semicolon: Compound Sentences
A handout with forty sentences for practicing comma and semicolon usage in compound sentences; answer key provided.
SUNY Empire State College
Empire State College: Rules for Use of Commas
Five basic uses of the comma and some other common uses are discussed with an example and a tip after each rule.
Towson University
Towson University: Online Writing Support: Major Comma Uses Exercise 2
Take a self-scoring exercise on using commas with coordinate adjectives. Explanations and additional help are offered, as well.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Editing Techniques: Checking Your Sentence Structure
A ten-slide presentation demonstrating how to edit writing for sentence variety and how to identify and correct sentence errors such as fragments, run-ons, and comma splices.
Savvas Learning
Pearson Longman: Sentence Resources for Writers: Commas
A grammar activity/assessment for the high school student on using commas correctly. With ten multiple choice questions that can be submitted to be scored and an essay question.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Bonus: Equations for Points in Subdivision
Points on the control arm: Let's start with a shape with four control points, AAAA, BBBB, CCCC and DDDD, then use subdivision with weights (1,1)(1, 1)(1,1)left parenthesis, 1, comma, 1, right parenthesis.
California State University
California State University Domingues Hills: Comma Usage: Introductory Phrases
This fifteen-item worksheet will help you determine how well you understand how to use commas with introductory elements in a sentence.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Using Commas With Coordinating Conjunctions
An exercise with ten compound sentences. Students are asked to type the commas where they belongs in compound sentences with a coordinating conjunctions. Then students can check their answers to see how they did.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Divided Quotation Punctuation
An eight-slide presentation explaining how to properly punctuate a divided quote.
Grammar Tips
Commas With Introductory Adverbial Elements
This resource is a clear guide to explain the proper use of the comma with an adverb clause.
Grammar Tips
Using Commas With Direct Address
This resource offers a short, simple article to show how commas can be used correctly with direct address.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Using Commas: Exercise #1
Practice using commas as you complete this exercise, which requires you to know your comma rules.
Other
The Punctuation Guide: Commas in Dates
Gives a clear explanation, with examples, about how and when to use commas when writing dates.