Warm Up. Commas I.
1) Read the first rule on the pink sheet, p193. Read the example
sentence.
2) With your partner, label the following parts of the example
sentence: a) any conjunction(s) b) the two main clauses c) the two
parts of a compound predicate
3) In your notebook, explain what a clause and a conjunction
are.
4) Decide whether or not we need a comma between the words training
and and.
5) Find the one example of the rule in the 10 sentences below,
and insert the comma(s) as needed.
6) Read the second rule and example and find the one that demos
that rule in the ten sentences below. Insert the comma(s) as needed.
Tips.
a) You know what a comma is. b) You know what a compound predicate
(verb) is. c) You know a sentence has a subject and a verb.
Go over Test #6.
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