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Year 9 Punctuation Practice

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Year 9 Punctuation Practice

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📝 Part 1: Punctuation Identification

1. Which punctuation mark is missing from this sentence?

What time does the rugby match start

Full stop (.)

Question mark (?)

Comma (,)

Apostrophe (')

2. Select ALL the punctuation marks needed in this sentence:

sarah asked can we visit auckland zoo tomorrow

Capital letter for Sarah

Comma before "can"

Capital letter for Auckland

Question mark at the end

3. Which sentence uses apostrophes correctly?

The student's book's are on the desk.

The students' books are on the desk.

The student's books are on the desk.

The students book's are on the desk.

✏️ Part 2: Fill in the Missing Punctuation

4. Add the correct punctuation marks to complete these sentences:

a) Where did you put my homework ____

b) The weather in Wellington ____ New Zealand ____ is often windy ____

c) It ____ s time to go home now ____

d) My favourite subjects are English ____ maths ____ and science ____

5. Rewrite this sentence with correct capitalisation:

last friday, mrs smith took our class to the museum of new zealand te papa tongarewa in wellington.

🔧 Part 3: Sentence Correction

6. Correct ALL the punctuation errors in these sentences:

a) the all blacks won the rugby world cup in 2015 didnt they

b) james said i cant wait to visit queenstown rotorua and taupo this summer

7. Write a sentence that includes:

• A question mark • A proper noun with capital letter • An apostrophe

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