Using Commas to Separate the Introductions Worksheets

Related ELA Standard: L.5.2.B

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When we start to set the stage or setup our sentences we will use an introductory clause that provides information for the main part of the sentence. Introductory clauses often start with an adverb that is usually a dead giveaway. These introductory parts of the sentence require the use of a comma, but that is not always the case. You should use commas after introductory clauses, a long prepositional phrases, distinct pauses, and when you need to form a good bit of separation. These worksheets help students learn how to setup their introduction sentences with commas.

Commas to Separate Worksheets To Print:

Comma Man! – You are given sentences that are severely lacking commas.

Introductory Phrases – You will need to be a little creative here on this.

Mouse Introductory Phrases – Is it a full sentence or is it just a phrase?

Using Commas with Introductory Phrases – See if the author forget any commas in their work.

Weightless! – The punctuation marks are just floating in midair.

More Introductory Phrases – Rewrite each sentence adding one of the introductory phrases provided. Remember to punctuate the sentence correctly.

Identifying Introductory Phrases – An introductory phrase can be an interjection, or it can be a phrase or clause introducing the rest of the sentence, upon whose conditions the rest of the sentence is dependent.

Interjections as Introductory Phrases – Punctuate the introductory phrases in the following sentences.

Introductory Phrases – Read each set of sentence. Then rewrite each set as a single sentence with an introductory phrase. Use correct punctuation.

College Bound – Rewrite each sentence, correcting the punctuation.

I Can't Stand Camp! – Pauline is away at camp, and she wrote a postcard to her friend Jill. Read Pauline's postcard.

All About Bucky – Add punctuation where needed to the sentences.

Why is Labor Day in September? – Add punctuation to the paragraph.

The Millers – Rewrite the paragraph, correcting the punctuation.

The Jack o'Lantern Origin Story – Read the Halloween themed paragraph. Add punctuation where needed.

How to Use Commas to Separate the Introductions?


Commas are the most used punctuation marks in written English after full stops. Commas indicate short pauses in the speech in written form, separate items in a list, are used with conjunctions, separate one clause from another, and are also used to enclose extra or unnecessary information within the text.


However, one of the most underrated uses of commas is their use in writing introductions of various kinds within the texts where they perform some limited, yet useful functions. Commas are used to separate introductions phrases, introduction clauses, and introduction words from other parts of the sentences under some specific rules that are given below:


Commas in Introductory Clauses


Clauses which provide readers with the main idea of the text that follow and set the stage for the topic are known as introductory clauses. A comma is used after these clauses to separate them from the sub-idea or the related idea which follows afterwards. These clauses usually form the first sentence of any paragraph and punctuation must be added carefully so that the readers can stay clear about the idea from the very beginning.

For example, "If they want to stay fit, average women must drink 9 liters of water every day."


Commas in Introductory Phrases


Introductory phrases are just like introduction clauses and are used in introduction paragraphs mostly, but the only difference between these and the clauses is that they do not make complete sense. However, a comma is used after these too to separate them from the rest of the text.
For example, "Upon her insistence, we went out for shopping."


Commas after Introduction Words


Words like however, yet, nevertheless, and indeed are also followed by a comma that separates these from the clause which follows and marks the introduction of a new idea.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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