Identify the correct use of commas (i.e., compound sentences, coordinating conjunctions, introductory words, appositives, interrupters) within context. SPI 0801.1.6

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1. Avoiding Comma Splices - Click on "The sentence, please!" and a sentence containing a comma splice will appear in the top text-area. Repair the sentence.
2. Avoiding Comma Splices II - Click on "The sentence, please!" and a sentence containing a comma splice will appear in the top text-area. Repair the sentence.
3. Avoiding Comma Splices, Fused Sentences, and Run-on's from LEO: Literacy Education Online
4. Commas and Colons - quiz
5. Conjunctions - Select the buttons to find the correct answer
6. Conjunctions Quiz I - Select the answer buttons to see the answers.
7. Conjunctions Quiz II - Combine the sentences using the conjunction given in parentheses.
8. Conjunction-itis Popup - Find the correct conjunction form to combine two short sentences together into one! (a Quia quiz)
9. Power Proofreading - Choose 8th grade then select; Tacky Travel, RoboChef, or any one of the mixed practice exercises.
10. Punctuation: Fill-in-the-Blanks - provide a comma, semicolon, or colon where appropriate or write a small-case "x" (without the quotation marks) where none of those marks is appropriate.
11. Quiz on Comma Usage
12. Quiz on Punctuation - Select the option which shows how that portion should be punctuated. Select The explanation, please! to learn the grammar rule(s) behind the correct answer
13. Commas: Exercise 1 || Exercise 2 || Exercise 3 || Exercise 4 || Exercise 5 [these expired pages are from the Internet Archive known as the Wayback Machine.]
14. Using Commas with Coordinating Conjunctions -Insert any necessary commas in the sentence above before clicking on "Grammar's Version." online quiz
15. Using Commas with Introductory Phrases - Insert any necessary commas in the sentence before clicking on "Grammar's Version."

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