➰ Commas (speaking) ➰

Benefits➕:
➿ Improve your understanding of how to use commas correctly ;
✍️ Write more clearly and effectively .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS:
Round 1. Determine the place where comma is missing.
Madam Secretary [ , ] ✔️ I politely disagree...
Round 2. Remove extra comma.
Westminster Abbey [ , ] ✖️ is located in London, England.

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📍 Round 1️⃣. INSERT THE MISSING COMMAS

❗️ Insert 1️⃣ missing comma :

1️⃣ Crayola's first box of eight crayons made its debut in 1903. The colours were very basic and included purple, orange yellow, and five others.

✅ Answer: Crayola's first box of eight crayons made its debut in 1903. The colours were very basic and included purple, orange,🔻 yellow, and five others.

ℹ️ TIP: Items in a series are separated by commas when the series has three or more items. It is recommended to put a comma before the last item for clarity.

❗️ Insert 2️⃣ missing commas :

2️⃣ Poison dart frogs are a deadly frog species native to Central and South America. They are brightly colored and can be yellow green red, or blue.

✅ Answer: Poison dart frogs are a deadly frog species native to Central and South America. They are brightly colored ad can be yellow,🔻(1) green,🔻(2) red, or blue.

ℹ️ TIP: 1st case — Items in a series are separated by commas when the series has three or more items.
2nd case — same tip applies.

❗️ Insert 2️⃣ missing commas :

3️⃣ In the classic book The Wizard of Oz Dorothy's coveted slippers are the colour silver but her slippers are ruby red in the film.

✅ Answer: In the classic book The Wizard of Oz,🔻(1) Dorothy's coveted slippers are the colour silver,🔻(2) but her slippers are ruby red in the film.

ℹ️ TIP: 1st case — Words, phrases, or clauses that introduce a sentence are followed by commas. More info: Although not all sentence introductions require a comma, the AP Stylebook, Chicago Manual of Style, and New Hart's Rules suggest following an introductory clause with a comma when it helps avoid confusion and improve comprehension.
2nd case — Coordinating conjunctions, like and or but, join two complete sentences and are preceded by a comma. More info: Although the comma can sometimes be omitted if both clauses are short, the AP Stylebook, Chicago Manual of Style, and New Hart's Rules suggest using a comma to join two independent clauses that are linked by a coordinating conjunction.

❗️ Insert 2️⃣ missing commas :

4️⃣ Chen asked 'Have you ever seen the aurora borealis?' Catching my puzzled look she explained that this phenomenon is also called the northern lights.

✅ Answer: Chen asked,🔻(1) 'Have you ever seen the aurora borealis?' Catching my puzzled look,🔻(2) she explained that this phenomenon is also called the northern lights.

ℹ️ TIP: 1st case — A quotation introduction at the beginning of a sentence is followed by a comma. The comma appears before the quotation marks. More info: Although a colon could also be used, the AP Stylebook, Chicago Manual of Style, and New Hart's Rules suggest using a comma in most cases. The colon often signals greater formality.
2nd case — Phrases that begin with participles, like reading or showing, are separated from the rest of the sentence by commas.

❗️ Insert 2️⃣ missing commas :

5️⃣ According to the waste management schedule on the city's website the holidays will push recycling pickup to Friday 27 December.

✅ Answer: According to the waste management schedule on the city's website,🔻(1) the holidays will push recycling pickup to Friday,🔻(2) 27 December.

ℹ️ TIP: 1st case — Phrases that begin with participles, like reading or showing, are separated from the rest of the sentence by commas.
2nd case — The day of the week is separated from rest of the date with a comma.

📍 Round 2️⃣. REMOVE THE EXTRA COMMAS.

❗️ Remove 1️⃣ extra comma :

6️⃣ I'm flying to Turin,🔺 Italy',🔺 she explained. 'Then I'll rent a car and drive to my cousin's house in Rome,🔺 the following Friday,🔺 6 August.'

✅ I'm flying to Turin,✔️ Italy',✔️ she explained. 'Then I'll rent a car and drive to my cousin's house in Rome✖️ the following Friday,✔️ 6 August.'

❗️ Remove 2️⃣ extra commas :

7️⃣ I have a fun,🔺 fact for you, Isabelle. Did you know that the famous chef,🔺 Wolfgang Puck once said,🔺 'Cooking is like painting or writing a song'?

✅ I have a fun✖️ fact for you, Isabelle. Did you know that the famous chef✖️ Wolfgang Puck once said,✔️ 'Cooking is like painting or writing a song'?

❗️ Remove 2️⃣ extra commas :

8️⃣ Ma'am,🔺 we're flying next week to Sydney,🔺 Australia. We have a meeting that Friday,🔺 with the marketing agency,🔺 leading our new ad campaign.

✅ Answer: Ma'am,✔️ we're flying next week to Sydney,✔️ Australia. We have a meeting that Friday✖️ with the marketing agency✖️ leading our new ad campaign.

❗️ Remove 2️⃣ extra commas :

9️⃣ Mexican artist Frida Kahlo,🔺 was known for her colorful paintings,🔺 and she fittingly,🔺 lived in a blue house in Mexico City,🔺 Mexico.

✅ Answer: Mexican artist Frida Kahlo✖️ was known for her colorful paintings,✔️ and she fittingly✖️ lived in a blue house in Mexico City,✔️ Mexico.

❗️ Remove 2️⃣ extra commas :

🔟 On Sunday,🔺 25 June in 1950,🔺 a U.S. football team of mostly amateurs defeated its more experienced,🔺 British opponents in the World Cup,🔺 in Brazil.

✅ Answer: On Sunday,✔️ 25 June in 1950,✔️ a U.S. football team of mostly amateurs defeated its more experienced✖️ British opponents in the World Cup✖️ in Brazil.

📓 Detail (writing) 📓

Benefits➕:
🔍 Quickly spot mistakes and typos in your writing ;
✔️ Identify problems that spell-check won't catch .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Read the passage and select all the errors. Each round focuses on a different type of error:

ROUND 1. CAPITALIZATION, QUESTION MARKS & PERIODS ;
ROUND 2. MISSPELLINGS & TYPOS ;
ROUND 3. EXTRA & MISSING WORDS .

‼️ To make most of this game, try giving yourself 45 seconds to identify mistakes for each round. 15 secs for bonus round.
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ROUND 1 OF 3. CAPITALIZATION, QUESTION MARKS & PERIODS

📝 Info: Focus on a single sentence at a time. Make sure that it begins with a capitalized word and ends with proper punctuation.

Example: In addition to his pioneering work on photosynthesis, Ingenhousz helped promote ✖️Inoculation (inoculation ✔️) against smallpox ✖️(smallpox. ✔️)

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0 of 4 found

Sushi originally came about as a result of food preservation in asia more than 2,000 years ago. Cooks put salted, raw fish in rice and placed it in barrels, where it could ferment for up to a year.

a young chef named Hanaya Yohei is credited with creating 'fast-food' Sushi in the 1820s, when he realised raw fish didn't need to ferment for months. By the 1920s, Japan's Capital city was a hot stop for sushi.
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❗️ Identify the mistakes and write them in the comment section. 2 more rounds coming up. Answer key will be shared in the comments.

ROUND 2 OF 3. MISSPELLINGS & TYPOS

📝 Info: Read the passage looking for spelling errors and words that may be spelled correctly but used incorrectly (to vs. too). Then, look for misspellings by reading the passage backwards so that you can see each word individually rather than as a group.

Example: In addition to his pionering✖️(pioneering✔️) work on photosynthesis, Ingenhousz helped promote inoculation against smallpox.

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0 of 4 found

Sushi originally came about as a result of food preservation in Asia more than 2,000 years ago. Cooks putt salted, raw fish in rice and placed it in barrel, where it could ferment for up to a year.

A yung chef named Hanaya Yohei is credited with creating 'fast-food' sushi in the 1820s, when he realised raw fish didn't need to ferment for month. By the 1920s, Japan's capital city was a hot spot for sushi.

ROUND 3 OF 3. EXTRA & MISSING WORDS

📝 Info: Read the passage aloud to identify extra or missing words. You are more likely to hear errors than you are to catch them during a silent read.

✍️ Example: In addition✖️(to✔️) his pioneering work on on ✖️(1 on✔️) photosynthesis, Ingenhousz helped promote inoculation against smallpox.

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0 of 4 found.

Sushi originally came about as a result of food preservation in Asia more than 2,000 years ago. Cooks put salted, raw fish in rice and placed it in a barrels, where it could ferment about for up to a year.

A young chef named Hanaya Yohei is credited with the creating 'fast-food' sushi in the 1820s, when realised raw fish didn't need to ferment for months. By the 1920s, Japan's capital city was a hot stop for sushi.

🎁 BONUS ROUND

❗️Find the single error in the selection.

0 of 1 found

One theory suggests that buddhist monks introduced sushi to Japan around the 7th or 8th century. Buddhists were known for eating sushi because they refrained from eating meat.

⭕️ Error Avoidance (writing) ❌

Benefits➕:
❎ ✅ Stop mixing up commonly confused words ;
📄✔️ Eliminate distracting errors in your writing .

❗️INSTRUCTIONS: Decide if the highlighted words are to be SWAPPED or KEPT in given sentences.

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