Transcript Using Commas - Vicki Martinez

Using Commas
Vicki Martinez
Commas
• When you speak, you pause briefly
between words. In order to show a
reader where to pause, you must use
commas in your writing.
Here are some rules for
using commas.
• If three or more words are listed in
a sentence, the list is called a series.
• Use commas to separate items in a
series.
• Do not use a comma after the last
word in a series.
Use commas in a series
• The children sang, danced, and
played games.
• Sadie, George, and Jackson are
sleeping in the same doghouse.
Direct Address
• Use a comma to set off a person’s name
when the person is being directly
addressed.
• Sadie, let’s go for a walk!
• The comma comes after the name when
the name is the first word in the sentence.
Direct Address
• Let’s go for a walk, George.
• The comma comes in front of the
name when the name is at the end of
the sentence.
• No.
Direct Address
• Walking in the halls, Jackson, is just
like walking in the grass.
• When the person’s name
• is in the middle of the
• sentence, put the commas in front
and in back of the word.
Yes, No, and Well
• Use a comma after the words yes, no, and well.
• No, you may not eat the fish, George.
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When “no” comes
in the beginning
of the sentence,
put a comma after
it.
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Well
• Well, Sadie and George have been
pals for quite a while.
Yes and No
• Yes, Sadie and Jackson are the best
looking dogs around.
Where do the commas
go?
• Ms. Martinez Ms. Walters and Ms.
Koch love their pets very much.
• No Sadie is not a dog.
• Yes she is a fur person.
• Well I know because she sings dances
and smiles.