Commas After Introductory Phrases Worksheets
Many sentences open with a warm-up before the main event: a phrase (after the storm), a clause (if you finish early), or a transition (according to the survey). Fifth graders place a comma at the end of that introductory element, marking the doorway into the sentence.
By grade
What students need to know
When a sentence starts with a warm-up phrase, a comma marks where the real sentence begins: After the storm, we raked the yard.
This skill runs from 5th grade through 6th grade. Pick a grade above for level-matched sentences, teaching notes, and worksheets.
Commas After Introductory Phrases across the grades
5th Grade
Many sentences open with a warm-up before the main event: a phrase (after the storm), a clause (if you finish early), or a transition (according to the survey). Fifth graders place a comma at the end of that introductory element, marking the doorway into the sentence.
6th Grade
Sixth graders handle longer and layered openers (at the edge of the meadow, by the time we arrived) and place the comma at the true boundary. The skill sharpens sentence-level hearing, since the comma lands exactly where a natural reader takes a breath.