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Pizza Night: Commas in a Series

Grade 5 punctuation practice: find, place, and check commas that separate words, phrases, and clauses in a series at a family pizza night.

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Aligned toL.5.2.a

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 5
Subject: ELA
Question types: Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students use commas to separate three or more words, phrases, or clauses in a series.
Students tell a series that needs commas from two items that need no comma.
Students find and explain comma mistakes in sentences with a series.

How to use

Read the rule and example together, then let students work on their own. Ask them to read each list aloud and pause where every comma belongs.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.5.2.a

Use punctuation to separate items in a series.

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Pizza Night: Commas in a Series

Use commas to separate the items in a series.

Find the series

A series is a list of three or more words, phrases, or clauses in one sentence. Put a comma after each item except the last one. On this worksheet, also put a comma before the and or or that comes before the last item.
Example: Grandpa Tito set out bowls, spoons, and pans.
Two items joined by and do not need a comma: Lena grabbed a fork and a napkin.

Every Friday is pizza night at Grandpa Tito's apartment. Nadia, her brother Omar, and their cousin Lena each make a small pizza with the toppings they like best.

Underline each item in the series.

Nadiawashed the peppers,sliced the mushrooms,andgrated the cheese.

Underline each item in the series.

Lena putolives,basil,andcornon her pizzabefore Grandpa slid itinto the oven.

These sentences have no commas yet. Which sentence has a series that needs commas?

A. Lena spread the warm tomato sauce over the dough with a big spoon.
B. Lena spread the sauce and then added a thick layer of cheese.
C. Lena spread the sauce added the cheese and sprinkled the basil.
D. Lena and her cousin Omar added the cheese on top.

Place the commas

Use the rule from the first section to decide where commas belong.

Grandpa gives the cooks their first jobs. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

A. Grandpa told the kids to wash their hands, put on aprons, and find a spot at the counter.
B. Grandpa told the kids to wash their hands put on aprons, and, find a spot at the counter.
C. Grandpa told the kids, to wash their hands, put on aprons, and find a spot at the counter.
D. Grandpa told the kids to wash, their hands put on, aprons and find a spot at the counter.

This sentence has no commas yet.
Omar chopped onions peppers and spinach for his pizza.
After which words do the commas belong?

A. after chopped and after onions
B. after onions and after peppers
C. after peppers and after spinach
D. after onions and after spinach

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

A. Nadia kneaded, the dough Omar made, the sauce and Grandpa heated the oven.
B. Nadia kneaded the dough Omar made the sauce, and, Grandpa heated the oven.
C. Nadia, kneaded the dough, Omar, made the sauce and Grandpa heated the oven.
D. Nadia kneaded the dough, Omar made the sauce, and Grandpa heated the oven.

These sentences have no commas yet. Sort them: does each sentence have a series that needs commas?

Nadia picked basil from the pot on the windowsill.Grandpa wiped the counter washed the bowls and swept the floor.The crust was thin crispy and golden.Omar and Nadia set the table with plates and napkins.Grandpa asked if anyone wanted mushrooms olives or extra cheese.Lena cut her pizza into slices with a round cutter.