How do you use a comma to indicate a pause or break?

1. How do you use a comma to indicate a pause or break? For example: He is, as you can see from today’s game, a very talented athlete.

2. In this lesson, you will learn how to use a comma to indicate a pause or break by asking, “Would this sentence still make sense if this phrase were removed?”

3. Not using commas, at all. We need to buy milk eggs bread and cereal at the store.

4. Some stick them anywhere and hope they are right. We, need to buy milk, eggs, bread, and cereal, at the store.

5. Ask, “Do I want to use commas only because I want to insert a pause?” 1 • Ask, “Would the sentence still make sense if what is set off by commas were removed?” 2 3 Insert the comma or commas, leaving a space after each one.

6. Ask, “Do I want to use commas only because I want to insert a pause?” 1 He is, as you can see from today’s game, a very talented athlete. We need to buy milk, eggs, bread and cereal at the store.

7. Ask, “Would the sentence still make sense if what is set off by commas were removed?” 2 He is, as you can see from today’s game, a very talented athlete. He is a very talented athlete.

8. 3 Insert the commas, leaving a space after each one. He is, as you can see from today’s game, a very talented athlete.

9. There are reasons to put in commas, which do not relate to a pause or break. My mom was born on March 5, 1972. I bought a t-shirt, some jeans and a pair of shoes. Jonathan is a smart, funny, and talkative kid.

10. Speaking of lunch I would love some pizza right now. No lists, no dates, no series of adjectives… I think I want a pause in this sentence. Do I want to insert a comma only for a pause?

11. , Speaking of lunch I would love some pizza right now. Would the sentence make sense if I took out what I set off with a comma?

12. Speaking of lunch, I would love some pizza right now. He is, as you can see from today’s game, a really great athlete.

13. In this lesson you have learned how to use a comma to indicate a pause or breakby asking “Would this sentence make sense if this phrase were removed?”

14. Add one or more commas to create a pause in each of the following sentences. 1.Martha a total perfectionist always revises her work at least three times. 2. Trying to concentrate I turned off the T.V. 3. My best friend as you can see from this picture is almost a foot taller than I am. 4. Hoping for the best she just went for it.

15. Add one or more commas to create a pause in each of the following sentences. 5.Fortunately for Elena the teacher forgot to collect the homework. 6. The dog hoping for table scraps stayed under the table throughout dinner. 7. My little brothers as annoying as they can be are really adorable. 8. Sorry for what she’d said Silvia immediately apologized.

16. Comma Peer Edit • Choose a recent journal entry or other piece of writing to exchange with your partner. • Read it once straight through before editing. • Now read it again and look for places where commas for pause or break could be inserted. • Share your suggestions with a partner. • Between the two of you, find one example sentence to share with the rest of the class. • and Describe one extension activity here…

17. Original sentences • Write ten of your own original sentences that need a comma or two to create for breaks or pauses. • Change them with a partner to check each other’s work, to make sure they work.

18. Add one or more commas to create a pause in each of the following sentences. • My best friend a huge fan of mystery novels reads all the time. 2. Regardless of how I want it there is no way my mom will buy me that game.

19. Add one or more comma to create a pause in each of the following sentences. 3. Hoping for the best Marcos just keeps trying. 4. Ms. Smith as yesterday’s events showed is not very organized.