Full stops and commas
Sentences run together to split with full stops, and lists, names, question tags, extra information and linking words for commas.
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Teaching guide: how to practise punctuation in elementary school
Good punctuation is what makes writing easy to read. This free punctuation worksheet generator makes printable worksheets with sentences written for each level, following British school conventions: children add the missing marks and the answer key shows each mark in colour. For spelling patterns, try the spelling worksheets; for verbs, the verb tenses worksheets.
Student worksheet 
Answer key Questions and exclamations
Question marks, exclamation marks for What a…! and How…!, interjections, and indirect questions that end with a full stop.
Apostrophes and speech
Contractions, singular and plural possession, its or it’s, and inverted commas with the speaker before, after or in the middle.
Grades 3 to 7
Three levels: short sentences, longer sentences and texts with speech, colons and semicolons.
One right answer
Every sentence is written so its marks have one correct place: no optional commas, no Oxford comma, and words that tell singular from plural possession.
Answer key in colour
The answer key prints each sentence in full with the added marks in colour. You can also say how many marks are missing or show their place with a box.
Frequently asked questions about the punctuation worksheets
Which grades are these worksheets for?
Grades 3 to 7. Level 1 (full stops, commas in lists, question and exclamation marks, contractions, inverted commas with the speaker first) suits grades 3 and 4; level 2 (names, question tags, possession, colons) grades 5 and 6, and level 3 (extra information, linking words, plural possession, split speech, semicolons) grades 6 and 7.
Do the worksheets use the Oxford comma?
No: they follow the British school convention of no comma before the last and in a list (“books, pencils, a ruler and a rubber”), so every list has one right answer.
How do children know whether it is the girl’s or the girls’?
Every possession sentence has a word that tells: a name, a, this or each for one owner (“Each child’s coat”), and both, all or a number for several (“All the girls’ coats”). Plurals without s, such as children and women, take ’s.
Where does the punctuation go with inverted commas?
Inside them: “I am hungry,” said Tom. “Can I come too?” asked Amy. When the speaker comes first, a comma goes before the inverted commas: Tom said, “I am hungry.”
Why is each sentence missing only one kind of mark?
So that each sentence has one solution. In the review, each sentence may be missing a different kind of mark and children work out which; if you like, the number at the end says how many.
How do I print only the answer key?
Tap Print and choose “Answer key”, or “Worksheet and answer key” to get both. Select the exercise and tap “New” for new sentences with the same settings.
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