Correcting Commas
This worksheet will help develop your students’ understanding of list commas and when to use them. Students need to tick the sentence that uses commas correctly and edit the ones that are incorrect. A great introductory resource to get your students thinking about list commas.
Use as a teacher led, whole class or literacy group activity.
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Learning goals
- We are learning to understand the purpose of punctuation in different sentence types.
- We are learning to recognise that capital letters signal proper nouns and commas are used to separate items in lists.
Curriculum alignment
EN1-9B
old
Uses basic grammatical features, punctuation conventions and vocabulary appropriate to the type of text when responding to and composing texts
EN1-OLC-01
new
Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language to extend and elaborate ideas for social and learning interactions
EN1-REFLU-01
new
Sustains reading unseen texts with automaticity and prosody and self-corrects errors
Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.
Differentiation
Extensions
Have students create a list that needs commas and correct it with a partner.
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