Listing Commas
Add in the commas: I packed pencils notebooks folders and highlighters for class.
I packed pencils, notebooks, folders, and highlighters for class.
Add the missing comma:
I live in Boston Massachusetts.
Answer: I live in Boston, Massachusetts.
Add the missing commas:
My friend Brady is coming over after school.
My friend, Brady, is coming over after school.
Fix the sentence: The Patriots are playing, the Jets on Sunday.
No comma needed: The Patriots are playing the Jets on Sunday.
A listing comma is...
A listing comma is used to separate items in a list of three or more.
Add the missing commas: For the school project we need poster board markers scissors and glue.
For the school project, we need poster board, markers, scissors, and glue.
Add the missing commas:
My family traveled from Billerica Massachusetts to Portland Maine.
My family traveled from Billerica, Massachusetts, to Portland, Maine.
Add the missing commas:
LeBron James a famous basketball player is visiting Boston.
LeBron James, a famous basketball player, is visiting Boston.
Fix the sentence: My favorite foods are pizza, pasta chicken, and potatoes.
My favorite foods are pizza, pasta, chicken, and potatoes.
A separating a geographical place comma...
A geographical place comma separates the city from the state, country, or other geographical location.
Add the missing commas: On Saturday I need to clean my room do my homework walk my dog and go grocery shopping.
On Saturday, I need to clean my room, do my homework, walk my dog, and go grocery shopping.
Add the missing commas:
Last summer we visited Chicago Illinois Nashville Tennessee and Atlanta Georgia.
Last summer we visited Chicago, Illinois, Nashville, Tennessee, and Atlanta, Georgia.
Add the missing commas:
My ELA teacher Ms. Daly loves teaching seventh grade.
My ELA teacher, Ms. Daly, loves teaching seventh grade.
Fix the sentence: Drake Maye, the Patriots quarterback threw two interceptions on Sunday.
Drake Maye, the Patriots quarterback, threw two interceptions on Sunday.
An appositive comma is...
An appositive is extra information that renames or identifies a noun and is set off by commas.
Add the missing commas:
My favorite things to do after school are listen to music hang out with friends watch TV and get something to eat.
My favorite things to do after school are listen to music, hang out with friends, watch TV, and get something to eat.
Add the missing commas:
Ji-li lived in Shanghai China during the Cultural Revolution and later traveled to San Francisco California.
Ji-li lived in Shanghai, China, during the Cultural Revolution and later traveled to San Francisco, California.
Add the missing commas:
My brother, a seventh grader, loves playing basketball.
Add the missing commas:
My brother, a seventh grader, loves playing basketball.
Fix the sentence: We traveled to Boston, Massachusetts, last weekend and visited Fenway, Park, in the afternoon.
We traveled to Boston, Massachusetts, last weekend and visited Fenway Park in the afternoon.
A phrase is appositive if...
It gives extra information about a noun by renaming or identifying it.
Add the missing commas:
For our class party we need to bring plates napkins snacks drinks and decorations but we also need to remember games prizes and music.
For our class party, we need to bring plates, napkins, snacks, drinks, and decorations, but we also need to remember games, prizes, and music.
On our road trip we drove from Boston Massachusetts through Albany New York Scranton Pennsylvania and Baltimore Maryland before arriving in Washington D.C.
On our road trip we drove from Boston, Massachusetts, through Albany, New York, Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Baltimore, Maryland before arriving in Washington, D.C.
Add the commas and identify the appositive: Drake Maye the Patriots quarterback needs to bounce back after Sunday's game.
Drake Maye, the Patriots quarterback, needs to bounce back after Sunday's game.
Appositive: the Patriots quarterback
Fix the sentence: My friend Doug, a seventh grader, from Billerica, Massachusetts loves playing basketball.
My friend Doug, a seventh grader from Billerica, Massachusetts, loves playing basketball.
What punctuation is used with an appositive when the information is extra?
Commas are placed before and after the appositive.