Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Fragments, Run Ons, and Comma Rules

COMMAS and Run-on Sentences
Use these videos and the links to the websites below to help you practice  the different 'uses of commas- rules''. To be successful in the test, you need PRACTICE. These online exercises are the best way to gain a lot of very quick pracitce as many of your test questions are asked in the same way as these online exercises. Spend 10 mins each night working through all of the exercises on here between now and next Wed. 

MAKE A NOTE OF ANY QUESTIONS YOU GET WRONG OR ANSWERS THAT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND AND BRING THEM INTO CLASS FOR DISCUSSION

You should have practiced most of these exercises by next Wednesday (wink wink)
Introductory Phrases and non-essential clauses
http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/comma1.htm
http://www.quia.com/rr/242173.html
http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar_quiz/commas_1.asp
http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisecomma4.htm
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/quizzes/nova/nova1.htm 
http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/CommaTest.html#numone
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/quizzes/nova/nova2.htm 
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/GRAMMAR/quizzes/commas_fillin.htm 
http://www.quia.com/quiz/300693.html?AP_rand=1335472415
http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/commas01.htm
http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/exercises/punctuation1.html

Games
http://www.quia.com/rr/82028.html 
http://www.quia.com/quiz/300693.html?AP_rand=1270897854 

Mischttp://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/exercises/punctuation1.html 
(click where you think the error is on the underlined words or click 'no error')
http://www.chompchomp.com/hotpotatoes/commas01.htm 
Comma Splice

http://depts.dyc.edu/learningcenter/owl/exercises/comma_splices_ex1.htm
do exercise 2 also
http://faculty.valleycollege.net/apal/run-on_quiz.htm
http://www.towson.edu/ows/exercisecomma2.htm
http://www.writing.eng.vt.edu/exercises/grammar1.html
Exercise 1+2 only (exercise 3 only for experts!)

Only for experts...
http://www.chompchomp.com/csfs01/csfs01.01.htm
(Hard but fun to do!) 

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