Punctuation
Commas

Contrasts
A comma can show where there are opposites in
a sentence, especially when written in phrase
form.
The tutor was very friendly, not mean and scary the way Peta
expected.
The students wanted to write a research paper, but the tutor
had asked for a short story.

Speech
A comma is used at the end of sentences when
people are speaking as there will be a full stop
later on.
“We can’t eat till lunchtime,” his mother said, “but we set the
table.”
“This is my favourite story,” Peta told her tutor.

Warning!
• Be careful, not to, overuse, commas,
because, it is so, hard to read, just like.
Full stops.
• Revise this PowerPoint and the one from
last week to prepare for the punctuation
test.