Commas Between Cities and States

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Commas are used in many different ways in sentences.

Today, Mr. Comma needs to find directions to a location, but he's not sure where to go. We need to show him exactly where he fits when there is an address or location given in a sentence!

Watch this quick video to learn a song about how to use commas when writing addresses and locations.

Comma - between city and state from Barbara Lesikar:

You always use a comma between a city and state. Look at the examples below and point to the commas:

San Diego, California

Monroeville, Indiana

Seattle, Washington

Ellenville, New York

• Tell your parent or teacher which is the city name and which is the state name.
• Then, read each city and state and clap where the comma belongs.

You also use a comma in between a city and a country. Look at these examples and point to the comma:

Seoul, South Korea

Sydney, Australia

Glasgow, Scotland

Great job! If you use the location in a sentence, you also need to add a comma after the location. Look at this example:

Lee lives in Shanghai, China, with her family.

Finally, if you are using a location to address an envelop, you must include the street and zip code, but you only need one comma. Check out this example:

Time to head over to the Got It? section to show what you have learned!