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Free Year 9 Punctuation Worksheets

3 free punctuation resources for Year 9: 3 worksheets. Answers included.

Capital letters, full stops, commas, apostrophes and speech marks. Year 9 extends algebra to expanding brackets and two-step equations, adds percentages increase and decrease, ratio and rates, index laws and congruence.

Students will practise: using apostrophes for contraction and possession; forming singular, plural and irregular possessives; distinguishing its from it's; using commas in lists, after fronted phrases and around extra information; identifying and correcting comma splices; joining related main clauses with a semicolon; using a semicolon before linking adverbs such as however; separating items in a complex list with semicolons.

Recommended learning path

  1. 1Apostrophes and Commas: Year 9 Review
  2. 2How to Use Semicolons and Colons
  3. 3Punctuating Dialogue: Quotation Marks, Commas and New Speakers

Worksheets

Printable practice with an answer sheet.

  • Worksheet

    Apostrophes and Commas: Year 9 Review

    A focused review of the two punctuation marks that cause the most errors in Year 9 writing. Students revise apostrophes for contraction…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    20 min
    Questions
    16 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Worksheet

    How to Use Semicolons and Colons

    Students learn the jobs of two often-avoided punctuation marks. They use a semicolon to join two closely related main clauses, before a…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    25 min
    Questions
    15 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Worksheet

    Punctuating Dialogue: Quotation Marks, Commas and New Speakers

    Students learn the conventions for setting out dialogue in a story: quotation marks around the spoken words, a comma or other mark inside…

    Difficulty
    Level 2 · Standard
    Time
    25 min
    Questions
    13 questions
    Answers
    Answers included

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Common questions

What do Year 9 students learn about punctuation?

Capital letters, full stops, commas, apostrophes and speech marks. At Year 9, our resources focus on: using apostrophes for contraction and possession; forming singular, plural and irregular possessives; distinguishing its from it's; using commas in lists, after fronted phrases and around extra information.

Where should we start?

Start with the Level 1 or Level 2 worksheet, then move up a level. Finish with the topic test if there is one.

Are answers included?

Yes — every worksheet has an answer sheet. Maths answer sheets show the working; English tasks include model answers or success criteria.

How to use these resources

  1. Do one grammar worksheet, then find the same feature in a book you're reading.
  2. Use the quiz at the end of a year level to check what's stuck.
  3. Apply the skill: edit a piece of your own writing for that feature.

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