RULE #1: FOR LONG INTRODUCTORY PHRASES

PUT A COMMA AFTER A LONG . INTRODUCTORY PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE (4 OR MORE WORDS).

EXAMPLES: ON THIS BEAUTIFUL, SUMMER MORNING, LET'S HIKE. (FIVE-WORD INTRODUCTORY PREP. PHRASE)

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Prepositional Phrases– MondayComma Rules with Prepositional Phrases

Add these comma rules to your notes on prepositional phrases.*** Grammar quiz on Friday (Remember: the other 8 parts of speech don’t stop existing. They will be on your quiz too.)

Rule #2 for Clarity

RULE #2: DO NOT PUT A COMMA AFTER A LITTLE INTRODUCTORY PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE (1 , 2 , OR 3 WORDS) UNLESS IT IS NEEDED FOR CLARITY.

EXAMPLE #2:IN BASKETBALL , UNIFORMS ARE TWO -PIECE OUTFITS. (TWO -WORD INTRO. PREP. PHRASE NEEDS COMMA FOR CLARITY. WITHOUT THE COMMA WE READ, " IN BASKETBALL UNIFORMS. . . " . )

VERSUS

IN THE MORNING WE WILL MEET AT J ILL’S HOUSE(THREE-WORD INTRODUCTORY PHRASES AND WE DO NOT NEED ANY SEPARATION OF THE OBJECT OF THE

PREPOSITION FROM THE SUBJECT)

Comma Rules: Multiple Introductory Prepositional Phrases

HERE'S RULE #3: DO PUT A COMMA AT THE END OF A SERIES (SOMETIMES CALLED A SUCCESSION) OF INTRODUCTORY PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES

ON OUR LAST MORNING AT CAMP SNOOPY, THE BUS WILL LEAVE. (SERIES OF 2 INTRO. PREP. PHRASES)

Use the notes I just handed to complete the warm-up activity (these sentences are on the bottom of your

page)

In your notes on prepositional phrases, identify the prepositional phrase in each sentence and determine whether or not it needs a comma.

1. After his long nap in the backyard hammock Alex felt refreshed.

2. Before bed make sure you brush your teeth.3. Until the spring conditioning for basketball

will be grueling.4. By the end of the day everyone’s feet hurt

from the long hike.5. Down a winding dirt road there is a little café

with the best chocolate cake.

Check your answers!1. After his long nap in the backyard

hammock, Alex felt refreshed.2. Before bed make sure you brush your teeth.3. Until the spring, conditioning for basketball

will be grueling.4. By the end of the day, everyone’s feet hurt

from the long hike.5. Down a winding dirt road, there is a little

café with the best chocolate cake.

Practice Prepositional Phrases with Comma Rules – Tuesday

In your prepositional phrases notes, write 3 sentences with prepositional phrases that demonstrate each of the comma rules.

1. DO NOT PUT A COMMA AFTER A LITTLE INTRODUCTORY PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE (1 , 2 , OR 3 WORDS) UNLESS IT IS NEEDED FOR CLARITY.

2. PUT A COMMA AFTER A LITTLE INTRODUCTORY PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE (1 , 2 , OR 3 WORDS) WHEN IT IS NEEDED FOR CLARITY.

3. DO PUT A COMMA AFTER A SERIES (SOMETIMES CALLED A SUCCESSION) OF INTRODUCTORY PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES