Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Online Comma Instruction and Testing Resources

1. D'Youville College Online Writing Lab (OWL)

This site assumes the students' knowledge of some basic grammar terms, but it can be used for any level of student, high school and above. There are a series of six exercises covering each of the common comma usage problems covered in the instruction.

2. Capital Community College

Ten rules for comma usage are explained well here.  The site has an interactive Cloze quiz (fill-in-the-blank) for students to test themselves with comma usage problems. There is also an interactive quiz for students to test their skills on commas with introductory phrases, and another with coordinating conjunctions. This quiz on comma usage lets students insert commas where they belong in a paragraph and check their answers.

More writing helps are available, including a Guide to Grammar and Writing,  Principles of Composition, and a grammar FAQ page. Additional writing resources are listed here

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