Commas in a Series
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Objective
I can use commas correctly to separate items in a series.
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Warm-up video
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Key concepts
3 concepts
- 1
The comma is a piece of punctuation that has many functions, but its broad superpower is separating sentence elements.
- 2
Commas can separate elements of lists, dates, and set off things at the beginning of sentences.
- 3
Commas can't go at the end of a sentence; they only go in the middle to separate elements.
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Practice
11 questions
What is the primary function of a comma, as discussed in the video?
List three examples of sentence elements that commas can separate.
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Exit ticket
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“Write a sentence that includes a list of at least three items, using commas correctly to separate the items in the series.”
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