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Punctuation Practice Worksheet

Punctuation Practice Worksheet

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🔍 Part 1: Punctuation Detective

1. Add the missing capital letters and full stops to these sentences:

a) the cat is sleeping on the mat ____

b) my name is sarah and i live in auckland ____

c) we went to the park yesterday ____

d) the dog likes to play with his ball ____

2. Circle the correct punctuation mark for each sentence:

What is your favourite colour

. (full stop)

? (question mark)

! (exclamation mark)

Watch out for that car

. (full stop)

? (question mark)

! (exclamation mark)

📝 Part 2: Question Marks and Exclamation Marks

3. Write the correct punctuation mark (? or !) at the end of each sentence:

a) How old are you ____

b) That's amazing ____

c) Where do you live ____

d) Help me ____

e) What time is it ____

f) I won the race ____

4. Check all the sentences that need question marks:

Can you help me

The sun is shining

Where are my shoes

What a beautiful day

How many books do you have

📋 Part 3: Commas in Lists

5. Add commas to these lists:

a) I like apples oranges bananas and grapes.

b) We saw dogs cats birds and fish at the pet shop.

c) My favourite colours are red blue green and yellow.

d) In my bag I have a pencil rubber ruler and book.

6. Write your own list using commas correctly:

My favourite foods are: ________________________________________________

7. Three things I like to do at the weekend are: ________________________

🎭 Part 4: Reading with Expression

8. Match each sentence with how you should read it:
1. Stop right there!
2. Where is my lunch?
3. The cat is sleeping.
4. What a surprise!
A. With excitement
B. Asking a question
C. Telling information
D. With strong feeling
9. Rewrite this sentence three different ways using different punctuation:

The dog is running

Statement: ________________________________________________

Question: ________________________________________________

Exclamation: ________________________________________________

✏️ Part 5: Fix the Sentences

10. These sentences are missing ALL their punctuation. Fix them by adding capital letters, full stops, question marks, exclamation marks, and commas:
a) what a lovely day it is today
b) can you please pass me the pencil rubber and paper
c) my teacher mrs smith is very kind
d) help i can't find my lunch box
11. Write two sentences of your own. One should be a question and one should be an exclamation:
Question: ________________________________________________
Exclamation: ________________________________________________

🌟 Part 6: Punctuation Challenge

12. Circle all the punctuation marks you can find in this short story:

Yesterday, Tom went to the beach with his family. "What a beautiful day!" said his mum. Tom asked, "Can we build a sandcastle?" They collected shells, seaweed, and driftwood. What fun they had! Don't you wish you were there?

13. How many of each punctuation mark did you find?

Full stops: ____

Question marks: ____

Exclamation marks: ____

Commas: ____

Speech marks: ____

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