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Punctuation Worksheets

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Choose the right end mark, tell telling from asking sentences, add commas in lists and dates, and fix the punctuation, with answer keys.

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End marks chart

A chart to read together and keep.

End marks

Choose a period, question mark or exclamation point, and tell telling from asking sentences.

Commas

Add commas between words in a list and in dates.

Fix the punctuation

Find and fix the punctuation mistakes.

End mark sort

Sort sentences by the end mark they need, with cutting or without.

Print at 100% (actual size) for the cleanest tracing lines.

About these punctuation worksheets

Punctuation tells readers how to read a sentence. In first grade, children learn to end every sentence with a period, a question mark or an exclamation point, and to use commas in dates and between words in a list.

These punctuation worksheets begin with an end marks chart. Children then choose the end mark each sentence needs, tell telling sentences from asking sentences, add commas to lists and dates, and fix sentences with punctuation mistakes. An end mark sort comes as a cut and paste page and a no-cut twin.

Every page uses short sentences first graders can read, and every page with right answers has an answer key.

Standards

  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.2.BUse end punctuation for sentences.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.2.CUse commas in dates and to separate single words in a series.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.1.1.JProduce and expand complete simple and compound declarative, interrogative, imperative, and exclamatory sentences in response to prompts.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RF.1.1.ARecognize the distinguishing features of a sentence (e.g., first word, capitalization, ending punctuation).

How to use them

  1. Start with the End Marks chart. Read each example sentence aloud with the right voice.
  2. Do the Which End Mark? pages next. Read each sentence out loud to hear if it asks, tells or exclaims.
  3. Teach commas in lists with real lists: write a shopping list as a sentence.
  4. Have your child write today's date with a comma each morning.
  5. Use Fix the Punctuation as a quick check of everything.

Teaching tips

  • An asking sentence often starts with who, what, where, when, why, how, can, do or is.
  • Exclamation points show strong feeling. Use them, but not on every sentence!
  • In a date, the comma goes between the day and the year: May 4, 2026.
  • In a list, put a comma after each item before and.
  • The cut and paste sort has a no-cut twin with the same sentences.

Questions teachers and parents ask

What punctuation do first graders learn?

Periods, question marks and exclamation points at the end of sentences, and commas in dates and in lists of words.

How do I explain end marks to a child?

A period ends a telling sentence, a question mark ends an asking sentence, and an exclamation point shows a strong feeling.

Where does the comma go in a date?

Between the day and the year, as in October 31, 2026.

Are there answer keys?

Yes, every page with right answers has an answer key on page 2.