📝 Part 1: Identifying Punctuation Marks

1. Circle the correct punctuation mark for each sentence:

a) What time is it

.

?

!

b) Watch out for that car

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?

!

c) I like to play rugby

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?

!

d) Where did you put your lunch box

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?

!

2. Match each punctuation mark with its correct use:

1. Full stop (.)

2. Question mark (?)

3. Exclamation mark (!)

4. Comma (,)

A. Shows excitement or surprise

B. Ends a statement

C. Separates items in a list

D. Ends a question

✏️ Part 2: Adding Missing Punctuation

3. Add the missing punctuation marks to these sentences:

a) My favourite colours are red_____ blue_____ and green_____

b) How old are you_____

c) That's amazing_____

d) We went to the beach yesterday_____

e) Can you help me with my homework_____

f) Look out_____ There's a bee_____

4. Tick all the sentences that have correct punctuation:

What a beautiful day!

I need pencils, erasers and rulers.

Where is my bag.

The cat is sleeping?

We are going to Auckland tomorrow.

Help! I'm stuck!

🔧 Part 3: Fixing Punctuation Mistakes

5. Rewrite these sentences with the correct punctuation:

a) what is your favourite subject at school

b) wow. that was an incredible rugby match

c) I bought apples. bananas. and oranges!

d) help? there's a spider in my room.

6. Circle the punctuation mistakes in this paragraph:

Yesterday I went to the park with my friends? We played on the swings. slides, and monkey bars! Did you know that the park has a new playground. It's fantastic? My favourite part is the flying fox!

✍️ Part 4: Writing with Punctuation

7. Write a sentence for each type of punctuation mark:

Statement (use a full stop):

Question (use a question mark):

Exclamation (use an exclamation mark):

List (use commas):

8. Write a short story (4-5 sentences) about your weekend. Make sure to use at least one full stop, one question mark, one exclamation mark, and one comma: