Punctuation Rules: The Comma

Contributed by:
Ivan
Here, students will learn the rules governing commas and correctly separate two or more words or phrases.

Tags: English Studies, Vocabulary, Grade 5
1.
Rules of the Comma.





2. Rule 1: Use commas to
separate items in a series
I love poetry, novels,and essays.
I hate commas semicolons and
3. Rule 2: Use commas to
separate two or more
adjectives preceeding (in
front of) a noun.
The angry,green ogre beat down the
cave door.
The dingy,smelly socks were growing
4. To comma or not to
When should we use commas, and when
should we spare therm?
When in doubt, replace the comma with the word “and.”
The angry and green ogre knocked down the cave door.
(That makes sense.)
I love chocolate @@ icamMGkream on a hot MG summer MG day.
(That doesn’t.)
5. Rule 3: Put a comma
before the conjunction
when joining sentences.
The dog ate his collar and the cat chased a catnip
Mary was going home to get her lamb but decided to
go to the mall instead.
6. Unicorns dragons ogres and elves are
imaginary creatures.
Florida South Carolina and Alabama
are states that border Georgia.
Dolphins seals and sharks all fight
over their ocean home.