Updated: 02 Jun 2023
Help your students remember their punctuation rules by providing them with this bookmark for quick reference.
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Grades: 3 - 6
Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text.
Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.
Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.
Use a comma to set off the words yes and no (e.g., Yes, thank you), to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence (e.g., It's true, isn't it?), and to indicate direct address (e.g., Is that you, Steve?).
Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works.
Use punctuation (commas, parentheses, dashes) to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.*
Punctuation marks, including apostrophes in contractions and possessives and commas in compound sentences and items in a series; and
Punctuation marks, including apostrophes in possessives, commas in compound sentences, and quotation marks in dialogue; and
Punctuation marks, including commas in compound and complex sentences, quotation marks in dialogue, and italics and underlining for titles and emphasis; and
Punctuation marks, including commas in complex sentences, transitions, and introductory elements;
Help your students remember their punctuation rules by providing them with this bookmark for quick reference.
Students should keep this easy-to-reference guide handy to remind them when to use the following punctuation marks:
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Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text.
Use a comma before a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence.
Use a comma to separate an introductory element from the rest of the sentence.
Use a comma to set off the words yes and no (e.g., Yes, thank you), to set off a tag question from the rest of the sentence (e.g., It's true, isn't it?), and to indicate direct address (e.g., Is that you, Steve?).
Use underlining, quotation marks, or italics to indicate titles of works.
Use punctuation (commas, parentheses, dashes) to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.*
Punctuation marks, including apostrophes in contractions and possessives and commas in compound sentences and items in a series; and
Punctuation marks, including apostrophes in possessives, commas in compound sentences, and quotation marks in dialogue; and
Punctuation marks, including commas in compound and complex sentences, quotation marks in dialogue, and italics and underlining for titles and emphasis; and
Punctuation marks, including commas in complex sentences, transitions, and introductory elements;
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