3rd grade punctuation worksheets

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Seven punctuation skills at 3rd grade, one sheet each, free with its answer key: commas in addresses, commas in letters, commas in a series, and more.

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  • Commas in addresses City and state travel with a comma between them, and when the sentence continues, the state takes a comma after it too: We moved to Austin, Texas, last spring.
  • Commas in letters A friendly letter needs two commas: one after the greeting (Dear Grandma,) and one after the closing (Love, Maya).
  • Commas in a series When you list three or more things, put a comma after each one before the last: hats, mittens, and boots.
  • Contractions A contraction squeezes two words into one. The apostrophe sits exactly where letters dropped out: do not becomes don't.
  • Contractions or possessives? It's, you're, they're, and who's are contractions: two words in a trench coat. Its, your, their, and whose show belonging. Expand the contraction and see if the sentence still makes sense.
  • Quotation marks in dialogue Quotation marks hug the exact words someone says, and the comma stays inside the hug: "Let's go," said Maya.
  • Singular vs. plural possessives One owner: apostrophe before the s (the dog's bowl). Many owners: apostrophe after the s (the dogs' bowls). Irregular plurals act like singles: the children's books.

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