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Eggs, Bills, and Spines: Series Commas in Platypus and Echidna Facts

Grade 5 practice using commas to separate items in a series, with sentences about platypuses and echidnas, two mammals that lay eggs.

Grade 5ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.5.2.a

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 10 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 5
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students use commas to separate three or more words or phrases in a series.
  • Students tell a series that needs commas from a pair of items that needs none.
  • Students find and fix misplaced commas in sentences with lists.

How to use

Review the comma rule at the top together, then have students work on their own. Ask them to read each list aloud and pause at every comma to check it.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.5.2.a

Use punctuation to separate items in a series.

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Eggs, Bills, and Spines: Series Commas in Platypus and Echidna Facts

Use commas to separate the items in a series.

Spot the series

Read the rule. Then choose the best answer.

Comma rule: A series is a list of three or more words or groups of words. Put a comma after each item except the last one. On this worksheet, always put a comma before the and or or that comes before the last item. Two items joined by and or or do not need a comma.
1.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
  • A. Platypuses live in streams rivers, and lakes in eastern Australia.
  • B. Platypuses live in streams, rivers, and lakes in eastern Australia.
  • C. Platypuses live in streams, rivers and, lakes in eastern Australia.
  • D. Platypuses live in, streams, rivers, and lakes in eastern Australia.
2.
Read the sentence. Which choice names the items in its series?
An echidna uses its strong claws to break open ant nests, termite mounds, and rotting logs.
  • A. ant nests, termite mounds, and rotting logs
  • B. its strong claws, ant nests, and termite mounds
  • C. an echidna, its claws, and rotting logs

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