Grade 4 Punctuation Power worksheet
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How to explain it
- One owner: add ’s (the dog’s bone). Many owners ending in s: add ’ (the girls’ bikes). Plurals without s: add ’s (the children’s toys).
- Use commas in lists, between a date and year, and between a city and its province.
- Put a comma before the closing quotation mark when a speaker tag follows.
Example: Which shows the drum that belongs to Noah? There is one owner, Noah. Add ’s to his name. Answer: Noah’s drum
Question 1
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
- “Ana said, I love this song.”
- Ana said “I love this song.”
- Ana said, I love this song.
- Ana said, “I love this song.”
Ana said, “I love this song.”
Hint: Put a comma after “said”, then put quotation marks around Ana's exact words.
Question 2
Which sentence uses quotation marks correctly?
- Let's go to the park, “said Jay.”
- “Let's go to the park, said Jay.”
- “Let's go” to the park, said Jay.
- “Let's go to the park,” said Jay.
“Let's go to the park,” said Jay.
Hint: Put quotation marks around only the words Jay says. The comma goes inside the closing quotation mark.
Question 3
Which correctly shows the projects that belong to the students (more than one)?
- the students' projects
- the students projects
- the student's projects
the students' projects
Hint: When a plural owner already ends in s, just add an apostrophe after the s: the students' projects.
Question 4
Which is written correctly?
- Tuesday, May, 15
- Tuesday, May 15
- Tuesday May 15
- Tuesday May, 15
Tuesday, May 15
Hint: Put a comma after the day of the week, but not between the month and the date: Tuesday, May 15.
Question 5
Which correctly shows the drum that belongs to Noah?
- Noahs drum
- Noah's drum
- Noahs' drum
Noah's drum
Hint: To show that something belongs to one person, add an apostrophe and s: Noah's.
Question 6
Which is the contraction for “they are”?
- their
- they're
- there
they're
Hint: The apostrophe replaces the missing letter “a”: they + are = they're.
Question 7
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
- Zoe's, favourite colours are red green and purple.
- Zoe's favourite colours, are red green, and purple.
- Zoe's favourite colours are red, green and purple.
- Zoe's favourite colours are red green and purple.
Zoe's favourite colours are red, green and purple.
Hint: Use commas to separate items in a list: red, green and purple.
Question 8
Which is the contraction for “do not”?
- do'nt
- dont
- don't
don't
Hint: The apostrophe takes the place of the missing letter “o”: don't.
Question 9
Which is the contraction for “can not”?
- cant
- can't
- ca'nt
can't
Hint: In a contraction, the apostrophe goes where letters were taken out. “Can not” drops the “no”: can't.
Question 10
Which date is written correctly?
- August 19, 2018
- August 19 2018
- August, 19 2018
- August, 19, 2018
August 19, 2018
Hint: In a date, put a comma between the day and the year: August 19, 2018.
Answer key
- 1. Ana said, “I love this song.”
- 2. “Let's go to the park,” said Jay.
- 3. the students' projects
- 4. Tuesday, May 15
- 5. Noah's drum
- 6. they're
- 7. Zoe's favourite colours are red, green and purple.
- 8. don't
- 9. can't
- 10. August 19, 2018
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