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Free 1st Grade Punctuation Worksheets

5 free punctuation resources for 1st Grade: 5 worksheets. Answers included.

Capital letters, periods, commas, apostrophes and quotation marks. 1st grade students count, order and add numbers to 20 and beyond, start to use place value (tens and ones), tell o'clock and half-past time and recognize coins.

Students will practice: starting a sentence with a capital letter; ending a telling sentence with a period; ending an asking sentence with a question mark; capitalizing the word I, names, days, and places; ending an exclaiming sentence with an exclamation point; telling apart telling, asking, and exclaiming sentences; choosing the right end mark; starting every sentence with a capital letter.

Recommended learning path

  1. 1Capital Letters, Periods, and Question Marks
  2. 2Exclamation Points: Telling, Asking, and Exclaiming Sentences
  3. 3Commas in Dates and Lists of Words
  4. 41st Grade Capital Letters for Names, Days, Months and I Worksheet — Level 1
  5. 51st Grade Contractions (don't, I'm, they'll) Worksheet — Level 1
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Worksheets

Printable practice with an answer sheet.

  • Worksheet

    Capital Letters, Periods, and Question Marks

    A first punctuation worksheet for 1st graders: every sentence starts with a capital letter, telling sentences end with a period, and…

    Difficulty
    Getting started
    Time
    15 min
    Questions
    19 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Worksheet

    Exclamation Points: Telling, Asking, and Exclaiming Sentences

    A 1st grade punctuation worksheet about the three end marks. Students learn that an exclaiming sentence shows strong feeling and ends with…

    Difficulty
    Getting started
    Time
    15 min
    Questions
    18 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Worksheet

    Commas in Dates and Lists of Words

    A 1st grade comma worksheet. Students learn the two first jobs of a comma: it goes between the day and the year in a date (May 5, 2026),…

    Difficulty
    Getting started
    Time
    15 min
    Questions
    16 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Worksheet

    1st Grade Capital Letters for Names, Days, Months and I Worksheet — Level 1

    Choose the sentence that uses capital letters correctly: names, days of the week, months and the word I always start with a capital…

    Difficulty
    Level 1 · Easier
    Time
    10 min
    Questions
    8 questions
    Answers
    Answers included
  • Worksheet

    1st Grade Contractions (don't, I'm, they'll) Worksheet — Level 1

    Join two words into a contraction with an apostrophe, and split contractions back into their two words. Starts with the most common words…

    Difficulty
    Level 1 · Easier
    Time
    10 min
    Questions
    12 questions
    Answers
    Answers included

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Common questions

What do 1st Grade students learn about punctuation?

Capital letters, periods, commas, apostrophes and quotation marks. At 1st Grade, our resources focus on: starting a sentence with a capital letter; ending a telling sentence with a period; ending an asking sentence with a question mark; capitalizing the word I, names, days, and places.

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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