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Pause After the Start

When a sentence starts somewhere else, a comma marks the join

Lesson 10
Medium
Name
Date
Chef Polpetta

Could that opening part move to the end? Then it is fronted, and it takes a comma.

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Tick the right one

aSuddenly, the pot boiled over.Suddenly the pot boiled over.comma after
bThe waiter, dropped a spoon.The waiter dropped a spoon.comma after
cLater that day we ate.Later that day, we ate.comma after
dFirst, wash your hands.First wash your hands.comma after
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Find the 4 mistakes

Polpetta's kitchen rules are pinned above the sink. First wash your hands. After lunch, wipe every table. Every Friday we scrub the big oven. Before you leave check that the gas is off. The washing-up, is nobody else's job.
One comma is already right. One of them should not be there at all.
Write the corrections here
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Pause After the Start

Lesson 10 · Medium · side 2

Name
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Now you write

☆☆☆
a Which openers say when?
Tick 2After schoolUnder the counterLater that dayWith a smileNonna
Start a sentence with one, and put its comma in:
b Which openers say where or how?
Tick 2Under the counterYesterdayWith a smileNext weekAfter lunch
Start a sentence with one, and put its comma in:
c Under the counter, we keep the spare menus. Which move the opener to the end correctly?
Tick 2We keep the spare menus under the counter.We keep the spare menus, under the counter.We keep, the spare menus under the counter.The spare menus are kept under the counter.We keep under, the counter the spare menus.
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Help Polpetta

Chef Polpetta

I wrote the specials board! The soup, is fresh today. A little pause sounds fancy, no?

Tell him why that comma has to go.
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