Дистанційне навчання 2020

PACE WORK (English) 17.03
Form 5

Тема: Знаки пунктуації. Кома

          

Commas with Salutations

Use a comma if the sentence starts with an address to someone.

Example: Greg, can I talk to you for a second?

Use a comma with salutations in private letters.

Example: Dear Francis,

Don’t use a comma with salutations in business letters. Use a colon in American English and no punctuation mark in British English.

Example:

 BE – Dear Mr Jefferson

 AE – Dear Mr. Jefferson:

     

Exercise 1.

1.      Put in commas where necessary.

2.      Simon have you got a second?

3.      Caroline why didn't you go to the concert?

4.      Phil and Angie dinner is ready.

5.      Gareth could you mind my bag for a moment?

6.      Dear Caren Thanks for the lovely evening. Love Marc

     

              

Commas with Geographic Places

 Use a comma to separate parts of geographic places. The final comma is optional.

Example: Hollywood, Ireland(,) is not as famous as Hollywood, California.

Use a comma to separate parts of an address in a sentence.

Example: His address is 46 Baker Street, London, NW2 2LK, Great Britain.

Exercise 2.

Put in commas where necessary.

1.      My friend is  from Bakersfield California.

2.      He moved to London Canada recently.

3.      Last year's meeting  took place in Geneva Switzerland.

4.      My address is  76 Camptown Road Chicago IL 60710 United States.

5.      Dickens House Museum is in 48 Doughty Street London WC 1 Great Britain.

         

         

                                                               Commas with Numbers

Use commas to separate off the thousands and millions in compound numbers.

Example: 3,460,759

Don’t use commas in decimals.

Example: $3.49

Use a comma before the year if the date is given as follows: month, day, year.

Example: April 16, 2003

Don’t use a comma if only two elements of the date are given (e.g. month and year).

Example: I was born in May 1972.

Exercise 5.

Write the numbers as figures and place the commas correctly.

·         five thousand, seven hundred - 

·         eight billion, fifty-seven million, six hundred and forty-three thousand, one hundred and eight - 

·         four hundred and eighty-nine thousand, seven hundred and forty-eight - 

Put in commas where necessary.

He was born on October 20 1983.

The meeting on March 3 2003 had to be cancelled.