Non-defining relative clauses, also known as non-restrictive relative clauses give us more non-essential information about a noun. They are particularly common in written English. We must use commas when writing them to separate them from the rest of the sentence...
Professor Grammar's Punctuation Packets: Fun, Reproducible Learning Packets That Help Kids Master All the Rules of Punctuation-Independently!
Grade 3-6
Help students become stronger writers with these fun-to-do learning packets on the important topics of capitalization, commas, apostrophes, quotation marks, colons, and so much more! Each reproducible packet targets and teaches one type of punctuation—such as commas—in an easy and thorough way to ensure kids REALLY learn the rules. Perfect for homework or meaningful seatwork!
Adjectives usually go before the nouns they modify. She is a nice girl. (Here the adjective nice modifies the noun girl and goes before it.) He is an intelligent boy. That was a clever idea. When two or more adjectives come before a noun, they are usually separated by commas. A large, round table A [...]
Commas is one of the first books in the new "Teaching the Boring Stuff" series. With short, easy-to-digest activities that have a sense of humor, students learn to use commas correctly. At the same time they also learn a great deal about sentence structure. Commas presents material in an interesting way, using language that makes sense to kids. Best of all, it has students using what they learn - and helps them perform better on assessment tests as well.