COMMA EXERCISES
 

Do you know how to correctly use commas?

NO? Check out the comma

YES?Try the exercises! We recommend that you do the exercises in the sequence below.


RELATIVE CLAUSES  
     Finding relative clauses 30 min
     Classifying relative clauses 20 min
     Practise punctuating relative clauses 20 min
     Practise punctuating relative clauses (more practice) 30 min
     Practise punctuating relative clauses (even more practice!) 30 min
 
SENTENCE CONNECTORS
 
     Recognising sentence connectors 10 min
     Punctuating sentence connectors 15 min
 
INTRODUCTORY PHRASES
 
     Recognising introductory phrases 20 min
     Punctuating introductory phrases 15 min
 
SUBORDINATE CLAUSES
 
     Recognising subordinate clauses 10 min
     Punctuating subordinate clauses 15 min
 
NON-FININTE -ing AND -ed CLAUSES
 
     Recognising non-finite clauses 25 min
     Non-finite vs. Reduced relative clauses 20 min
     Punctuating non-finite clauses 25 min
 
RESULTATIVE -ing CLAUSES
 
     Recognising Resultative clauses 15 min
     Resultative vs. Reduced relative clauses 30 min
     Punctuating Resultative clauses 25 min
 
COMBINING SENTENCES WITH and, but, or, nor, so, yet
 
     Classifying coordinating conjunctions 25 min
     Punctuating coordinating conjunctions 20 min
 
PARENTHETICAL INFORMATION
 
     Recognizing parenthetical information 20 min
     Punctuating parenthetical information 30 min
 
APPOSITIVES
 
     Recognizing appositives 20 min
     Punctuating appositives 30 min
 
ITEMS IN LISTS
 
     Recognizing items in a list 20 min
     Punctuating items in a list 30 min
 
ADJECTIVE LISTS
 
     Distinguishing coordinate and cumulative adjectives 20 min
     Punctuating series of two or more adjectives 20 min
 
Total =

9 hours

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