Lesson #4 Exercise

ID: 1847018   (Rated: E) Lesson #4 Exercise  Writing sentences using fifteen comma rules. by chip

Lesson #4

Exercise

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WRITING ASSIGNMENT

LESSON #1:

Rule #1 - Compound Sentences With Coordinating Conjunctions (use commas)

Winnie has done marvelously, so I'm catching on.

Rule #2 - Introductory Adverbial Clauses (use commas)

Though I'm catching on, I need to practice more.

Rule #3a - Coordinate Adjectives (use commas)

My house, a strong, expensive, and beautiful one is for sale.

Rule #3b - Non-Coordinate Adjectives (don’t use commas)

I've taken the on line comma sense class twice.

Rule #4a - Non-Essential Elements (use commas)

My favorite part of the class, as much as I hate to admit it, is seeing A's on my tests.

Rule #4b - Essential Elements (don't use commas)

Ask the man with the red hat to answer the telephone.

Rule #4c - Essential "That" Clauses (don't use commas)

Frank climbed the mountain so that he could see the village.

LESSON #2:

Rule #5 - Elements in a Series (use commas)

Some students grasp the rules, turn their work in early, get praised, and set good examples.

Rule #6a - Introductory Phrases (use commas)

Because these classes are inexpensive, I took two of them.

Rule #6b - Ending Participial Phrase which modifies noun next to it (don't use commas)

William crossed the yard teaming with trash.

Rule #7 - Introductory Transitional Words (use commas)

Beginning Sentence: Movies have two many explosives

Transitional Sentence: Nevertheless, many people believe they're great.

Rule #8 - Interjections (use commas)

Golly, the teacher marked my sentence as being wrong.

LESSON #3:

Rule #9 - Ending Adverbial Clauses (don’t use commas)

The class made many good writers because the students drilled themselves on the lessons.

Rule #10a - Disjunctive Adverbial Words (use commas)

Luckily, I got my work in on time.

Rule #10b - Adjunctive Adverbial Words (don’t use commas)

She was a lovley bride.

Rule #11 - Absolute Phrases (use commas)

On the steep hill rose bushes grew, their color blood red.

Lesson #4:

Rule #12 - Adverbs In Short Sentences (don’t use commas)

I gradually learned

Rule #13 - Shared Subjects (don’t use commas)

Bill threw the ball and lost it.

Rule #14 - Separation of Subjects and Verbs (don’t use commas)

To believe and then understand the contract was vital to the members.

Rule #15 - Comma Splices (don’t use commas)

Comma Splice:The house was cold, it was damp.

Comma Splice Correction: The house was cold, and it was damp