Free Punctuation Worksheets

Worksheets for first and second graders on the three end marks: the period, the question mark and the exclamation point. Every worksheet has an answer key.

Grades 1–2 Grammar Worksheet Pack cover
Grades 1–2 Grammar Pack

All of grades 1–2 grammar in one file

All 8 grades 1–2 topics in one print-ready file: every free sheet in teaching order, plus a review, a write-about-it page and a scored quiz for each topic, two mixed check-ups and a progress chart. 67 sheets, every answer key at the back.

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End Marks Chart printable preview

End Marks Chart

Chart

The period, question mark and exclamation point, each with an example, plus the words that often start a question.

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Telling or Asking? printable preview

Telling or Asking?

Grades 1–2

Eight sentences: write a period or a question mark in the box. Answer key on page 2.

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Pick the End Mark printable preview

Pick the End Mark

Grades 1–2

Eight sentences that need a period, a question mark or an exclamation point. Answer key on page 2.

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Fix the Sentence printable preview

Fix the Sentence

Grades 1–2

Six sentences with no capital letter and no end mark. Write each one again correctly. Answer key on page 2.

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About these punctuation worksheets

Every sentence ends with a mark. A period ends a telling sentence, a question mark ends an asking sentence, and an exclamation point ends a sentence with strong feeling. These worksheets teach those three.

The first worksheet uses only periods and question marks, since telling apart a statement and a question is the first step. The exclamation point comes in on the second.

Frequently Asked Questions

What grade are these punctuation worksheets for?
First and second grade. Commas, apostrophes and quotation marks are covered in the upper-grade pages.
How can a child tell if a sentence is a question?
Look at the first word. Who, what, when, where, why, how, can, do and is often start a question. Reading the sentence aloud helps too: the voice usually rises at the end of a question.
Do the worksheets have answer keys?
Yes. Every worksheet prints its answer key as page 2 of the same PDF.