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Commas and Semicolons Worksheet 2

For Students 8th - 10th
In this grammar worksheet, students read a passage and punctuate the passage with commas and semicolons where needed. Students check their answers when completed.
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Punctuation

For Students 7th - 10th
In this grammar worksheet, students fill in either commas or semicolons to ten compound sentences to make each one grammatically correct.
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Apostrophe Worksheet 1

For Students 7th - 10th
In this grammar worksheet, learners rewrite a paragraph placing needed apostrophes where applicable. Students check their answers when done with the assignment.
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Writing with Commas

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar worksheet, learners read and correctly supply the commas where they are needed in twenty sentences. Students place a C in the space provided if the sentence is correct as is.
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Adding Commas

For Students 7th - 9th
In this grammar worksheet, students read and edit a paragraph for punctuation mistakes. Students copy down the paragraph adding commas where needed.
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Studying Punctuation is a Waste of Time

For Students 7th - 8th
In this punctuation worksheet, students, with a partner, complete a variety of six activities associated with punctuation.
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Punctuation Exercise

For Students 7th - 8th
In this punctuation exercise activity, students copy down fourteen sentences and punctuate each one as needed so that each one is grammatically correct.
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Oh, You Funny Question Mark

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this punctuation worksheet, students will read a short poem about question marks. Then students will practice writing asking sentences and using question marks.
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Comma Exercises

For Teachers 5th - 6th
In this punctuation worksheet, students discover the correct use of the comma. Students read 16 sentences and add or remove a comma where needed. There are no examples.
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Using Quotes as "Thought Shots"

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students explore how to use quotation marks in writing to add dialogue to a paper. In groups, students observe pictures and add quotations to them. Students follow rules of punctuation and capitalization as they proofread and edit each...
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Compound Sentences

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders write sentences that have the same topic using a comma and and, as well as practice writing new compound sentences by combining five pairs of sentences on paper. They then work in pairs and take turns writing simple...
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Punctuation and Book Titles

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students participate in lessons that focus on reading and writing skills. They work on punctuation in sentences with book titles present and not present. The lesson has a scaffolding section for ESL. This strategy is usually applicable...
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Punctuation Takes a Vacation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students review punctuation marks and their functions. They read a story, "Punctuation Takes a Vacation." Given flash cards of punctuation marks, students hold up the appropriate punctuation flash card during the story.
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Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students receive instruction to punctuation marks in the appropriate places using provided examples. They then place the correct punctuation in the sentences on the worksheet noting that there are some punctuation marks in the...
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Apostrophes - possession

For Teachers 3rd - 7th
Learners examine the use of apostrophes. From a given reading, students locate all words with apostrophes. Using these words as examples, learners discuss rules for using apostrophes. Students match a person an an object from a list...
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Questions and exclamations

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars explore the use of question marks and exclamation marks. Students read a story and discuss the proper use of punctuation. They complete a worksheet and place proper punctuation at the end of the sentence. Young scholars...
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Don't Eat Your Words

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd
Learners create punctuation marks using different sizes and shapes of macaroni. They show their understanding of proper use of quotation marks.
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Macaroni Punctuation

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students punctuate their writing with macaroni. They review and reinforce use of periods, commas, quotation marks, exclamation marks, and question marks.
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Punctuation

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students complete punctuation activities. In this punctuation lesson, students write and analyze an unpunctuated sentence, and then discuss what is wrong with the sentence. Students rewrite the sentence using the correct punctuation....
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Test Your Grammar Skills

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this grammar skills lesson, students read the descriptions and select the correct punctuation mark for each example. Students complete 10 examples.
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Quiz on Comma Usage

For Students 5th - 7th
In this punctuation instructional activity, students complete an on-line interactive exercise in which the correct punctuation is inserted into three separate paragraphs.
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Full Stops

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this sentence punctuation worksheet, students read the words in the bubbles and insert the correct punctuation. Students then draw a picture of themselves and write a sentence in the speech bubble.
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Punctuating Simple Sentences

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this capitalization and punctuation worksheet, students rewrite ten sentences and correct the errors. This worksheet is from the UK and periods are referred to as "full stops".
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Proofreading a Paragraph

For Students 7th - 8th
In this proofreading instructional activity, students rewrite a paragraph to correct for errors. Each paragraph may contain errors in spelling, punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and usage.