✏️ Grammar & Conventions: Commas, Ellipses & Dashes (Grade 8)

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Use punctuation (comma, ellipsis, dash) to indicate a pause or break.

1. Add a comma, ellipsis or dash: My sister the one with red hair is a pilot.

2. Add a comma, ellipsis or dash: The answer is wait I forgot.

3. Add a comma, ellipsis or dash: Well I guess so.

4. Add a comma, ellipsis or dash: I was going to tell you but never mind.

5. Add a comma, ellipsis or dash: "To be or not to be that is the question" shows omitted words as

Answer key: 1) My sister — the one with red hair — is a pilot. · 2) The answer is — wait, I forgot. · 3) Well… I guess so. · 4) I was going to tell you — but never mind. · 5) "To be, or not to be…" (ellipsis shows an omission)

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Free Grade 8 English worksheet (Common Core L.8.2.a): use punctuation (comma, ellipsis, dash) to indicate a pause or break. Skill: Use punctuation (comma, ellipsis, dash) to indicate a pause or break. Level: Grade 8 — also suits Year 9 (UK).

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CCSS L.8.2.a: Use punctuation (comma, ellipsis, dash) to indicate a pause or break
Works as a morning-work page, a centre/station activity, homework or an early-finisher task.

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Use punctuation (comma, ellipsis, dash) to indicate a pause or break.

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