USING COMMAS E32101 CRITICAL READING I Aj. Thanyawit Wuthisawangwong

Rule 1 Look at this! One dog one cat two goldfish a bird and four humans live at our house. Use a comma to separate the items in a series. A series is three or more things. These may be words or phrases (groups of words)

Rule 1  Practice 1. Every morning I get up early run a mile take a shower eat breakfast feed my pets and fight with my wife. 2. Turn left at the spotlight go one block and turn right.

Rule 2 Look at this! First put four cups of rice into a pan. Put a comma after time-order transition expressions. (***except “then”) TIME-ORDER TRASNSITION SIGNALS First, …. In the morning, …. First of all, …. In the afternoon, …. Second, …. In the evening, …. Third, …. At night, …. Next, …. Before an earthquake, …. Then …. During an earthquake, …. After that, …. After an earthquake, …. Finally, ….

Rule 2  Practice 1. After that fold the paper in half again. 2. Before an earthquake collect emergency supplies

Rule 3 Look at this! Children can chew gum and babies can suck on a bottle or a Use a comma after the first part of a compound sentence.

Types of Sentence A compound sentence Kobori likes fish, but he hates meat. A simple sentence 1 (an independent clause) A simple sentence 2 (an independent clause) Subject Predicate Subject Predicate

Rule 3  Practice 1. You can swallow hard or you can yawn several times. 2. Kobori likes fish but Angsumarin likes meat. This comma may be omitted in very short compound sentences. Ex. Dogs bark and cats meow. Turn left and drive one block.

Self-Grading Exercise1

Rule 4 Look at this! Because Mexico City is surrounded by mountains it has a lot of smog. Use a comma after a independent clause in a complex sentence.

Rule 5 Look at this! The world’s population will be more than in the year 2000.

Rule 6 Look at this! December will be the last day of this millenium. Use a comma to separate the parts of dates and after years.

Rule 7 Look at this! The address of the White House is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington DC Use a comma to separate the parts of an address EXCEPT between the state and the zip code.

Rule 8 Look at this! Dear Michael Dear Mom Love Very Truly Yours Use a comma after the greeting and closing in a personal letter, and after the closing in a business letter.

Self-Grading Exercise2  Add commas to the sentences (Not all sentences need them.) and check whether all sentences are grammatically correct. Rule Some students works full time and go to school part time. 2. For example one of my classmates take six units and works forty hours a week 3. Because he is also married and has two children he is a very busy person.

Self-Grading Exercise2 Rule He works at night attends class in the morning and sleeps when he can. 5. When he fell asleep in class yesterday we decide not to wake him up. 6. Scientists believe that animals can think feel and communicate just as humans can. 7. My dog certainly acts like a human at times.

Self-Grading Exercise2 Rule For instance when he does something bad he looks guilty. 9. He hangs his head drops his tail looks up at me with sad eyes and whines. 10. Later we discover the reason for his guilty looks but it’s hard to punish him.

Self-Grading Exercise2 Rule The population of Mexico City is more than by the year of Astronomers believe that the Earth is years old. 13. My mother lives in miami florida in the winter and in denver colorado in summer. 14. When it becomes too hot in florida she moves to colorado.

Self-Grading Exercise2 Rule She move back to florida when it gets too cold in colorado. 16. Her address in florida is P.O. Box 695 miami florida and her address in colorado is 3562 State Street Apt. 3-C denver colorado On sunday june I graduate from college. 18. Then on monday june i start looking for a job.