Great practice links for help with verbals, appositives, and comma use
- General site for all kinds of grammar, punctuation, and usage practice — try it!
- Practice and Improve all grammar and usage
- Visit the Daily Grammar archive for all your questions
Distinguishing Phrases and Clauses
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*Here is a useful site with the lesson and a self-checking practice opportunity
- *Another self-test site to see how well you can distinguish phrases and clauses
Verbals — Gerunds, Participles, Infinitives
- Verbals — Here’s another practice site, with interactive quizzes and worksheets.
- More Verbals –If you still need help, this site provides is a great interactive practice.
- Visit this site to practice using verbals in your writing.
- More Verbals Practice
Appositives
- slick little page defining appositives and how they are used — from the OWL
Commas
- Visit The Grammar Wench for Comma Help!!
- Self-Teaching Unit for Major Comma Use
- Avoiding Comma Splices and Fused Sentences (aka Run-On Sentences)
- Comma Test – print and complete this exercise – yes, it really is a test
- *Practice Comma Quiz – it’s interactive
- *More interactive practice for comma use from ChompChomp
- Commas vs Semicolons Exercise
- Practice Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
- The Comma: Major Uses and Worst Abuses!
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