1. Commas in lists How to get rid of and in our writing.

2. Here is a shopping list Eggs Milk Apples Sausages

3. Here is the list in a sentence I am going to buy eggs and milk and apples and sausages. How can we improve this sentence? Lets take out the and.

4. I am going to buy eggs and milk and apples and sausages. Lets take out and. and What do we do now? Lets put in some commas.

5. I am going to buy eggs and milk and apples and sausages. Lets put in the commas Is it right now? We actually do need one and. Where does it go?,,,

6. I am going to buy eggs and milk and apples and sausages. Lets put in the one and Well done! Youve improved the sentence by adding commas.,, and

7. The parrot had red and blue and Now see if you can put the commas in this sentence and,, green and yellow feathers. Excellent work! Youve put the commas in the right places.

8. What to remember! When we are writing a list we put a comma between each of the items. We only need an and between the last two items. Look at the sentences on the next slides. Click on the one where the commas are used correctly.

9. My pens are blue and red, yellow, green. My pens are blue, red, yellow, green. My pens are blue, red, yellow and green.

10. Whoops! Sorry the commas are not in the right place in that sentence. Click here to try again.

11. Yippee! What a star! Click here to try the next one.

12. The cake had cherries, currants, and icing. The cake had cherries, currants and icing. The cake had cherries and currants, icing.

13. Whoops! Sorry the commas are not in the right place in that sentence. Click here to try again.

14. Yippee! What a star! Click here to try the next one.

15. The weather was dull and misty and, wet and cloudy. The weather was dull, misty and wet and cloudy. The weather was dull, misty, wet and cloudy.

16. Whoops! Sorry the commas are not in the right place in that sentence. Click here to try again.

17. Yippee! What a star! Click here to try the next one.

18. I bought pens, pencils, and, books. I bought pens, pencils and books. I bought pens and pencils and, books.

19. Whoops! Sorry the commas are not in the right place in that sentence. Click here to try again.

20. Yippee! What a star! Click here to try the next one.

21. How did you do? Did you get them right? If you did you can go back to your table. If you got some wrong, click here to go back to the beginning of the slide show to try again.click here