Commas with Appositives

Commas with an appositive is basically a series of words put after

another word to explain your sentence better or make it more

clear. The words you add are called appositives; they’re separated with

commas. If you take out the appositive, you should still have a

full sentence.

Examples

On Monday, the 17th of May, I bought my dog.

The bag, filled with groceries, broke.

The flower, on my windowsill, blossomed this morning.

Commas with nouns of direct address

• When you use commas with nouns of direct address you put the names of the people you’re talking to in the sentence. You separate the names with commas.

Examples

• Watch out, Josh, your going to fall!

• Quickly, kids, before the time runs out!

• You know, Coach, I haven't double shifted yet.

Activities

Insert the commas where they are needed.• The paper from my printer was all gone.• The light in my bedroom burnt out.• You know Dad you haven't payed me back yet.• The leaves on the tree were changing colors.• So Dan how was school today?• The dogs at the park barked very loudly.