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Spell Bee Word: Comma


What does comma mean?

Word: Comma

Part of Speech: Noun

Meaning: Comma means a small mark like a tiny tail, written on the line to separate words or parts of a sentence.

How do you spell comma?

Syllables: com - ma

Tricky part: Two m's stand in the middle, though you hear only one. Children who go by the sound leave one out.

Watch out for: commer, commah

Memory tip: At a comma you wait and think, mm. Keep both m's in the middle of the word.

Comma in a sentence

Example 1: Put a comma after each name in the list.

Example 2: Riya forgot the comma in her first sentence.

Example 3: That comma looks like a full stop with a tail.

Fun Fact

The word comes from a Greek word for a piece cut off, because a comma cuts a sentence into smaller parts.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

coomma

a) m
b) c
c) a
d) o

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d) o. One o follows the c.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

Add a komma after the word mango.

a) mango
b) after
c) komma
d) Add

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c) komma. The word begins with the same letter as cat.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

mocam

a) cammo
b) ocmma
c) coamm
d) comma

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d) comma. Read them out: only one is the mark you write in a sentence.

Spell-o-Spell

Choose the incorrectly spelt word:

a) puzzle
b) ribbon
c) comma
d) baloon

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d) baloon. This party toy has a double l as well as a double o.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which sentence has its comma in the right place?

a) We ate, rice dal and curd.
b) We, ate rice dal and curd.
c) We ate rice, dal and curd.
d) We ate rice dal and, curd.

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c) We ate rice, dal and curd.

2. What should you do at a comma when you read aloud?

a) stop reading
b) start again
c) read louder
d) pause briefly

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d) pause briefly

Associated Words

Words that start with com: comfort, communication, comfortable, company, complain, completely

More words from this list

eyebrow, happy, leopard, parade, scared, stool, while, beetle

Next steps

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