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📄 Grade 3 Punctuation

Punctuation Practice β€” Periods, Questions and Exclamations

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Try these before or after you print the worksheet. Read the sentence and decide what it is doing: telling you something takes a period, asking takes a question mark, and shouting or warning takes an exclamation mark.

The three marks

MarkUse it when the sentence…
Period .tells you something
Question mark ?asks something
Exclamation mark !shows excitement or warning

Sentence 1

Which mark finishes this sentence?
Where is my backpack ___

Sentence 2

Which mark finishes this sentence?
The dog is barking loudly ___

Sentence 3

Which mark finishes this sentence?
Watch out for the car ___

Sentence 4

Which mark finishes this sentence?
Wow that is a big balloon ___

Sentence 5

Which mark finishes this sentence?
Can you help me with my homework ___

Sentence 6

Which mark finishes this sentence?
My brother is reading a book ___

Think about it

  1. Watch out for the car could take a period or an exclamation mark. What changes?
  2. Which words at the start of a sentence usually mean a question is coming?
  3. Why would a story be hard to read with no punctuation at all?
  4. Write one sentence of your own for each of the three marks.