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Basic Punctuation Rules Worksheet

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Basic Punctuation Rules Worksheet

Choose the best answer, then rewrite or edit sentences where asked. Use New Zealand spelling.

Review the rules

Begin sentences and proper nouns with capital letters. Use full stops to end statements, question marks to end direct questions, and exclamation marks to show strong feeling. Use commas to separate items in a list and to mark some pauses.

1.Which sentence uses capital letters correctly?

on saturday, Charlotte visited Dunedin.
On Saturday, Charlotte visited Dunedin.
On saturday, liam visited Dunedin.
On Saturday, Charlotte visited dunedin.

2.Choose the punctuation mark that belongs at the end: “Where did you leave your jacket”

Full stop (.)
Question mark (?)
Exclamation mark (!)
Comma (,)

3.Which sentence has commas placed correctly in its list?

We packed socks, snacks, a torch and a map.
We packed socks snacks, a torch and a map.
We packed, socks, snacks a torch and a map.
We packed socks, snacks a torch, and a map.

Rewrite the sentences

Rewrite each sentence with correct capitalisation and punctuation.

4.where can we catch the bus to napier

5.aunty grace said bring your raincoat on monday

6.what a brilliant goal that was

7.we stopped in gisborne whakatane and tauranga

Find and fix the errors

Write the punctuation or capitalisation corrections needed in each sentence.

8.“We watched the kapa haka show on thursday it was fantastic”

9.“My favourite fruit are apples pears and feijoas but I dont eat bananas”

10.“please put your muddy boots outside”

11.Correct the punctuation and capitalisation in this short paragraph: “on sunday we biked beside the waikato river we saw ducks herons and eels what a lovely trip”

12.Write three sentences about an activity you enjoy. Include a question or exclamation, and use capital letters and punctuation correctly.