Importance of Learning Punctuation

Punctuation is a key part of writing: it helps students communicate ideas clearly, avoid confusion, and make their writing more polished. By practising punctuation early, learners build strong foundations for effective sentences and better expression.

Who Can Use This?

• Grade 4 students working on writing mechanics

• Teachers designing grammar lessons or assessments

• Parents supporting their child’s punctuation skills at home

• Tutors or after‑school coaches preparing for tests

What’s Inside This Worksheet?

This worksheet is divided into two exercises, each focusing on a different set of punctuation skills:

1. Choose the Correct Punctuation / Correctly Punctuated Sentence

   • Students pick the correctly punctuated version among multiple options.

2. Question Punctuation

   • Focus on forming questions with the right punctuation mark.

3. Comma Usage

   • Recognise where commas should be used for meaning.

4. Dialogue / Quotation Marks

   • Learn correct punctuation in direct speech (dialogue).

5. List Punctuation

   • Identify commas in lists properly.

6. Fill-in-the-Blanks

   • Add the right punctuation marks in given sentences (question mark, comma, apostrophe, etc.)

   • Capitalisation — correct the first letter / proper nouns

   • Apostrophes — show possession or contraction

✅ Answer Key

Exercise 1

1. B. It’s raining, said Maya.

2. B. Where are you going?

3. B. After lunch, we went to the park.

4. B. Rohan asked, "Are you coming?"

5. B. We bought apples, oranges, bananas.

Exercise 2

1. ? → She asked ? “Are we going to the museum today?”

2. , → The teacher said , “Please submit your notebooks by Friday.”

3. William → William Shakespeare wrote many famous plays.

4. , → Before leaving , don’t forget your homework.

5. ’ → The children’s books were scattered everywhere.