1. How to use them correctly
Commas
How to use them correctly

2. Commas can be used after an adverb or adverbial phrase or clause which opens a sentence. Slowly, the door opened.
They are used after a non-finite clause at the start of a sentence. Having finished, she left the table.
Commas are often used when addressing someone. Keep going, Joe.
Commas can be used around additional information. The film, a classic, was enjoyed by everyone.
Commas can divide items in a list. The rock was cold, rough, scarred and mossy.
Commas are used to help punctuate speech. She muttered, ‘See you.’

3. Examples of commas:
Above, the clouds drifted.
Swelling with pride, he walked away.
How nice to see you, Kay.
She turned the key and, smiling to herself, walked in.
He thought about the lies, the insults, the meanness and the hurt he’d suffered.
‘Come here,’ she said, ‘and tell me again.’

4. Now write your own examples!
Go back to slide two, and using the models there, write a sentence of your own, using the same sentence structure, but not the same words.
For example, instead of:
Slowly, the door opened.
You could write:
Unhappily, the examiner opened the envelope and began to mark another set of three hundred papers.