Printable Punctuation Worksheets for Grammar Practice

When teaching your children grammar there are lots of rules to remember. It is easy for young learners to get confused by the different rules. This is where punctuation worksheets come in handy. 

Punctuation Worksheets

Punctuation worksheets are a great way to help your children improve their writing skills in your grammar lessons. When they are working on writing complete sentences there are a lot of common punctuation marks and punctuation rules to learn. Mastering punctuation will go along way in improving kid’s writing!

Free Punctuation Worksheets

Use these printable punctuation worksheets to help your children learn where to put the punctuation marks to form a complete sentence. Working on writing good sentences? Print off some free preposition worksheets for extra practice.

Apostrophe Worksheets

Apostrophes show ownership. Use these worksheets to teach your children where to put the apostrophe in a sentence. 

Possessive Pronouns Apostrophe Worksheet – Learn how apostrophes are used to show posession.

Apostrophes Punctuation Exercises – There are lots of different apostrophe exercises with answer keys.

Colon Worksheets

These colon worksheets will help your children learn about how colons can separate clauses and introduce items to list out in writing.

Practice Using Colons – Practice using colons with this sentence colon worksheet.

Writing Time with Colons – Rewrite the sentences that talk about time and change the words to numbers with a colon.

Comma Worksheets

Using a commas worksheet will show your students exactly where they need to put commas to avoid run-on sentences and punctuation errors.

Using Commas – Use these worksheets to show your students how to use commas in their writing.

Comma Worksheets – There are lots of worksheets for extra practice with working with commas.

Dash Worksheets

Use these worksheets to help your children to learn where exactly to put a dash when they are writing.

Dash Punctuation Worksheets – Learn the difference between a dash and a hyphen by using these dash punctuation practice worksheets.

The Dramatic Dash Worksheets – These worksheet stories will help your kids to practice using dashes to separate independent clauses in their writing.

Ending Punctuation Worksheets

Periods, question marks and exclamation marks all come at the end of a sentence. Teach your kids where to put the correct marks with these punctuation practice worksheets. These will help them with knowing where to put a correct punctuation mark at the end of sentences.

How to Use an Exclamation Mark – This free worksheet will help your kids learn exactly how and when to use an exclamation mark for expressing a strong feeling. There is an online quiz to go with it. 

Question Mark Worksheet – Practice correcting the incorrect sentences and see exactly how a question mark should be used in a sentence. 

Hyphen Worksheets

Hyphen worksheets will teach your children how to properly hyphenate words in a sentence. 

Hyphens at the End of  a Line – This worksheet will help your children understand hyphenation in line breaks when you have come to the end of the line on your paper.

Prefixes and Hyphens – Learn about the specific prefixes that will need a hyphen with this practice sheet.

Quotation Mark Worksheets

Quotation mark worksheets will show your children exactly where to begin and end when someone is speaking in a sentence.

Rewrite Sentences with Quotation Marks – By rewriting the incorrect sentences your children will practice adding the quotation marks in the appropriate space.

Rules for Quotation Marks – There are rules that need to be followed when you are adding quotation marks to written speech. Learn more with this fun worksheet.

Semicolon Worksheets

Semicolons can be tricky to place. These semicolon worksheets will give your kids extra practice in where to place a semicolon.

Semicolon Practice Sheets – Learn the rules on exactly when to use a semicolon with these practice sheets.

Commas or Semicolons – Semicolons and commas both function differently. Find out exactly what makes them different and how to use them.

Punctuating Speech & Dialogue

Punctuating speech and dialogue can be tricky for kids to remember where the quotation marks go in written speech. These worksheets will give your kids extra practice with how to punctuate speech.

Punctuating Dialogue – Teach your kids how to punctuate dialogue using commas and quotation marks.

Rules for Punctuating Dialogue Worksheet – There are some specific rules of punctuation that you need to follow when writing so that your writing doesn’t come across as choppy. These tips and suggestions will help.

Direct and Indirect Quotations

A direct quote is exact words that are taken from an original source and used in writing. An indirect quote is an idea or fact taken from another source and used in a second piece of writing. 

Change Indirect Quotations to Direct Quotations –  Test your students knowledge by having them change indirect quotes to direct quotes in the sentences.

Correctly Punctuate Direct Speech – These worksheets will give your kids plenty of practice with editing and correcting punctuation with quotation marks in direct speech.

Sentences and Capitalization

If you are working on sentences and need more practice, try using some free sentence worksheets. You can also print off some capitalization worksheets for help with capitalization rules. 

Writing Resources

Story Writing Templates – Help your kids learn how to craft a great creative writing assignment using these templates.

How to Write a Paragraph for Kids – Mastering the paragraph structure is a key element of a good writing assignment.

Letter Template for Kids – Are your children learning how to write letters? Teach your kids how to write a letter – the correct way!

Rubrics for Writing Assignments – Wondering how to grade your child’s papers? These free rubrics will help. 

Transition Words for Kids – Download our free transistion words chart to use as a writing aid. 

Types of Punctuation

There are many different types of punctuation to remember when working on punctuation skills. These are the different types of punctuation marks and where to find them in a sentence.

Period

Use a period for a declarative sentence.

Question Mark

Use a question mark after a sentence that asks a question, otherwise known as an interrogative sentence.

Exclamation point

Exclamation points are used at the end of exclamatory sentences and interjections.

Comma

Commas can be used to separate items within a list, coordinate adjectives, or to set off introductory material (called an aside) before a main body of text. They’re also used to indicate a pause or transition between paragraphs. In general, if you see a comma followed by two sentences, they should be separated by a semicolon instead.

Colon

A colon is used to add extra information to a sentence. They can also connect clauses together.

Semicolon

Like the comma and colon, the semicolons are used to connect sentences together; however, they also indicate that the second sentence is related to the first. For example, if I were to write “I love my dog” and then “My dog loves me,” I would use a semicolon between those two sentences because the second sentence explains what the first means.

Hyphen

The hyphen is used to form compound words. For example: I enjoy spending time with my sister-in-law.

Parentheses

Most often parentheses are used to add additional information. For example: I have been waiting (for a very long time) for this day to come.

Quotation Marks

Quotation marks are used for quotations.

Apostrophe

The apostrophe is used to form possessives (the girl’s cat) and contractions (they’re)

Square Brackets

Use square brackets to clarify or add information to quotations.

Curly Brackets

Curly brackets aren’t used too often. The proper use is to group a set. For example: There were many different types of cars {mustangs, hondas, old trucks} at the car show.

Ellipses

In formal writing, an ellipses (…) indicates that a word was cut out of a quotation. An ellipse (…) in informal writing indicates a pause or trailing off of a speaker’s voice.

In Conclusion

As you can see, there are many things to remember when learning punctuation. Using grammar worksheets for grammar practice and as a punctuation exercise will help your children with proper punctuation and improve writing skills.