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What's the use of a comma?

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Everything you need to know about our friend the comma whilst also learning about fronted adverbials, subordinate clauses and commas in direct speech.

Revise the main uses of a comma. Prepare for the SPaG test with these punctuation tips and activities.

Print as A4, on both sides, and fold to A5.

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