Commas, Phrases, and Clauses

A punctuation mark used to indicate a pause between parts of a sentence or to separate items in a list.

A group of words that work together but do not contain a subject-verb pair.

A group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.

A group of words that contains a subject and a verb but does not express a complete thought.

Commas are used to separate items in a list, e.g., apples, oranges, and bananas.

A comma should be placed after 'Liza': 'Liza, who was wearing a new dress, yelled at the waiter.'

To separate independent clauses in a compound sentence, e.g., 'I wanted to go, but I was too tired.'

The phrase is 'Before class ends'.

It provides additional information but cannot stand alone as a complete sentence.

A comma should be placed after 'nervous': 'Although math makes me nervous, I did well on my test.'