Punctuation Worksheets
Punctuation is where a reader is told to stop, pause, or hear someone speak. These worksheets begin with choosing the mark that ends a sentence and build to the semicolons and colons that hold longer writing together.
- Grades
- Kindergarten – Grade 8
- Worksheets
- 5
- Topics
- 7
Topics in punctuation
- End Punctuation — Kindergarten to Grade 4
Choosing a period, question mark or exclamation point to match what the sentence is doing.
- Apostrophes in Contractions — Grade 2 to Grade 6
Placing the apostrophe where letters were removed, and expanding contractions back out.
- Apostrophes for Possession — Grade 2 to Grade 8
Singular and plural possessives, and keeping possessives apart from plurals and from its/it's.
- Quotation Marks — Grade 3 to Grade 8
Punctuating direct speech: quotation marks, the comma before or after the tag, and where end marks go.
- Semicolons — Grade 6 to Grade 8
Joining closely related independent clauses with a semicolon, and separating items that already contain commas.
- Colons — Grade 6 to Grade 8
Introducing a list, an explanation or a quotation with a colon after a complete independent clause.
- Mixed Punctuation Review — Grade 4 to Grade 8
Repunctuating passages that need several different marks correctly placed.
Any topic on this list can be built for any grade it covers — make the sheet you need.