2nd Grade Punctuation Worksheets

Periods, commas, apostrophes, and quotation marks in the right places. These are the punctuation skills we cover at the 2nd grade level. Every sheet prints as a PDF with its answer key, and no two prints are the same.

Punctuation skills for 2nd grade

Commas in Dates Fix it & Choose the sentence · answer key A comma separates the day from the year: July 4, 2019. A weekday gets one too: Monday, June 8.
Commas in Letters Fix it & Choose the sentence · answer key A friendly letter needs two commas: one after the greeting (Dear Grandma,) and one after the closing (Love, Maya).
Commas in a Series Fix it & Choose the sentence · answer key When you list three or more things, put a comma after each one before the last: hats, mittens, and boots.
Contractions Choose the word · answer key A contraction squeezes two words into one. The apostrophe sits exactly where letters dropped out: do not becomes don't.
End Punctuation Fix it & Choose the word · answer key A telling sentence ends with a period. An asking sentence ends with a question mark. A strong-feeling sentence ends with an exclamation point.

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