When you write a list in a sentence, put a comma between the items. Before the last item, use and instead of a comma.
For example: “I packed a hat, a towel, sun cream and a book.” The commas help the reader see where one item ends and the next begins.
You can list adjectives too: “It was a long, hot, dusty road.”
Worked example
Add commas: “We saw lions zebras giraffes and elephants.”
- Find the items: lions, zebras, giraffes, elephants.
- Put commas between them, but use and before the last one.
Answer:We saw lions, zebras, giraffes and elephants.
Key words
- comma
- the mark , used to separate parts of a sentence
- list
- several things written one after another
- item
- one thing in a list
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Common Core-referenced: L.2.2