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Pause After the Start

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

Lesson 10
Mild
Name
Date
Chef Polpetta

If the when, where or how comes first, put a comma after it.

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Tick the right one

aSuddenly, the bell rang.Suddenly the bell rang.comma after
bAt six o'clock we open.At six o'clock, we open.comma after
cMy dad, made the tea.My dad made the tea.comma after
dLater, we washed up.Later we washed up.comma after
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Find the 3 mistakes

First wash your hands. After lunch, we clean the tables. Every morning we bake the bread. The cook, wipes the counter.
Two need a comma put in. One has a comma that should not be there. One is already right.
Write the corrections here
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Pause After the Start

Lesson 10 · Mild · side 2

Name
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Now you write

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a Start with when. Which opener says when?
Tick 1Every morningIn the kitchenNonnaQuietly
Now write it, with the comma after it:
Every morning,
b Start with where. Which opener says where?
Tick 1In the kitchenAt nightPolpettaSlowly
Now write it, with the comma after it:
In the kitchen,
c Put that part at the end, with no comma. Which is right?
Tick 1We wash the pans in the kitchen.We wash the pans, in the kitchen.We wash, the pans in the kitchen.In the kitchen we, wash the pans.
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Help Polpetta

Chef Polpetta

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

Say why, then finish the sentence: the comma is wrong because…
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