GrammarYears 4–6Punctuation

Commas to clarify meaning

Use commas after fronted adverbials; to separate items in a list; to avoid ambiguity

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine you are telling your friend: 'Let's eat, Grandma! 🍝' — the comma saves Grandma's life!

  2. 2

    Which sentence means you are talking to your friend, not eating them? 🧑‍🍳

  3. 3

    Let's fix this sentence: 'I love cooking my family and my dog.' 🐶

  4. 4

    Drag the comma to the right place to make the sentence clear: 'We saw a man eating a huge pizza.' 🍕

  5. 5

    Which sentence means the man is eating the pizza? 🍕

  6. 6

    Tap the sentence that means you are telling someone to stop cooking and listen. 🥘

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