Print AND digital comma worksheets for middle and high school ELA — covering 8 comma rules with 80+ practice sentences, 10 paragraph activities, an editable PowerPoint, and an answer key. Aligned to CCSS L.6–L.8.

Teaching commas well requires more than one worksheet — students need scaffolded, varied practice to internalize the rules. These comma activities deliver exactly that, with sentence-level practice and paragraph-level application in both editable and non-editable formats.

Comma rules covered:

✓ Introductory phrases (participial, prepositional, infinitive)

✓ Dependent clauses

✓ Compound sentences

✓ Nonessential clauses

✓ Coordinate adjectives

✓ Appositive phrases

✓ Commas in a series

✓ Natural pauses

Included in these comma activities:

✓ An editable PowerPoint presentation (20 slides) — examples and guidelines for each comma rule

✓ 70 scaffolded practice sentences in comma worksheets — covering phrases, clauses, series, coordinate adjectives, and natural pauses — in editable AND non-editable formats

✓ 10 short paragraphs with missing commas — perfect for exit tickets or station work — in editable AND non-editable formats

✓ Answer key for all practice sentences

Over 80 practice sentences total.

Note: A guided note sheet follows the presentation; an answer key is not included for note sheets.

These comma activities will help:

✓ teaching commas and comma rules

✓ explaining where to put commas

✓ providing a variety of activities

This comma practice is in THREE bundles:

Pick the grammar bundle that works for you:

✓ Punctuation Bundle Semicolons, Colons, Commas, Quotation Marks, & More

✓ Eighth Grade Digital Grammar Bundle: Verbals, Active & Passive Voice, Mood

✓ Middle School Grammar Bundle: Parts of Speech, Verbals, Sentence Structure

As a bonus? The creator of this comma practice download is the published author of The English Grammar Workbook for Grades 6, 7, & 8.

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Feedback from other teachers about these comma activities. . .

Great review before state testing. The pages are easy to use since they are not overly decorated.

Great resource; really keeps kids engaged!

This will be a great addition to my grammar unit. Commas are always tough for kids to understand.