Comma Rules Worksheets
Commas are the punctuation students most often place by ear. These worksheets replace the guesswork with the named rules — one rule per section, then mixed practice where the student has to say which rule applies.
- Grades
- Grade 3 – Grade 8
- Worksheets
- 10
- Topics
- 7
Topics in comma rules
- Commas in a Series — Grade 3 to Grade 7
Separating three or more items in a list, including the comma before the final and.
- Commas in Dates and Addresses — Grade 3 to Grade 7
Commas between day and year, city and state, and after the year or state when the sentence continues.
- Commas After Introductory Elements — Grade 4 to Grade 8
Setting off an introductory word, phrase or dependent clause from the main clause that follows.
- Commas in Compound Sentences — Grade 4 to Grade 8
The comma before a coordinating conjunction joining two independent clauses, and why a compound verb takes none.
- Commas with Appositives — Grade 5 to Grade 8
Setting off a noun phrase that renames the noun beside it, with commas on both sides when it interrupts.
- Commas with Nonrestrictive Clauses — Grade 6 to Grade 8
Commas around a clause that adds information, and no commas around one that identifies which.
- Mixed Comma Practice — Grade 5 to Grade 8
Applying several comma rules in one passage and naming which rule each comma follows.
Any topic on this list can appear for any grade it covers.
Grade 3
All grade 3 worksheets →Grade 4
All grade 4 worksheets →Commas in a Series Practice Worksheet — Grade 4
Grade 4 worksheet on commas in a series: students identify, fill in, and rewrite sentences that list three or more items, including the serial comma.
Commas in Dates and Addresses Worksheet — Grade 4
A Grade 4 worksheet drilling commas in dates and addresses — between day and year, city and state, and after a date or state when the sentence continues.
Grade 5
All grade 5 worksheets →Commas in Dates and Addresses Worksheet — Grade 5
Grade 5 comma practice: placing commas in dates, between city and state, and adding the required closing comma when a sentence continues past a date or place.
Commas with Appositives Worksheet — Grade 5
Grade 5 students practice setting off appositive noun phrases with commas on both sides, through identifying, correcting, and writing exercises.
Grade 6
All grade 6 worksheets →Grade 7
All grade 7 worksheets →Commas After Introductory Elements Worksheet — Grade 7
Grade 7 practice sheet: identify, supply, and write commas after introductory words, phrases, and dependent clauses in complex academic sentences.
Mixed Comma Rules Practice Worksheet — Grade 7
Grade 7 grammar worksheet for analyzing five comma rules — series, dates, addresses, introductory elements, compound sentences, and appositives.
Commas in Compound Sentences Worksheet — Grade 7
Practice comma placement in compound sentences and compound verbs using coordinating conjunctions. Designed for Grade 7 analysis-level skills.
Grade 8
All grade 8 worksheets →What is published under comma rules
Ten comma rules worksheets are published, covering seven of the seven topics in this skill and written for grade 3, grade 4, grade 5, grade 6, grade 7 and grade 8. Between them they come to 164 questions and 116 ruled lines.
Comma Rules spans grade 3 to grade 8 across its topic list, which is wider than most single skills — commas in a series, commas in dates and addresses and commas after introductory elements sit at different ends of it. A topic's grade range is where a dedicated sheet is still worth printing, not where the idea is first mentioned.
How a comma rules sheet works
Five question types appear across these sheets — 10 × identify, 10 × rewrite, 9 × write your own, 6 × fill in the blank and 4 × multiple choice — and no single sheet uses all of them. Each moves from spotting the rule to applying it, so a student who has memorised the wording of the rule and nothing else runs out of road before the last part.
30 rule statements are printed across the set, in a box above the questions rather than assumed from a lesson last week. Altogether a student reads about 2722 words to work through every comma rules sheet here; the longest single one is Commas with Nonrestrictive Clauses Worksheet at 20 questions, against a target of 20 for its grade.
These sit in the application and analysis bands. Every sheet prints its answer key on a separate page so it can be handed out without one, in black and white, with no account and no watermark.