L.8.2.A Worksheets
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.2.A
:"Use punctuation (comma, ellipsis, dash) to indicate a pause or break."
These worksheets can help students practice this Common Core State Standards skill.
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Use a Comma to Indicate a Pause
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Use a Comma to Indicate a Pause
This eighth-grade grammar worksheet will give students practice using commas with interjections, appositives, direct addresses, and introductory phrases or clauses.
8th Grade
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Use a Dash to Indicate a Pause
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Use a Dash to Indicate a Pause
Learners will practice placing either one or two dashes, as directed, in given sentences to indicate a pause or break as appropriate.
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Advanced Comma Review
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Advanced Comma Review
In this advanced comma review, students practice identifying locations in sentences in which commas are needed to indicate a pause or break.
6th Grade
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Punctuating a Pause: Commas and Dashes
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Punctuating a Pause: Commas and Dashes
Commas and dashes are both used to indicate pauses or breaks, but what’s the difference? Help your learners find out with this engaging one-page worksheet!
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Use Ellipses in Narrative Dialogue
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Use Ellipses in Narrative Dialogue
Use this worksheet to help middle-school writers correctly use ellipses to indicate a pause in narrative dialogue.
8th Grade
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