Ending Punctuation Practice

A third-grade worksheet focusing on identifying and using periods, question marks, and exclamation points correctly.

Grade 3 ELA GrammarGrammar and MechanicsEnding Punctuation

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Fill in the BlanksMultiple ChoiceShort AnswerTrue / False

Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.3.2.b

Topics

ELAGrammarPunctuationGrade 3

6 sections · Free to use · Printable

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Read each section's instructions carefully. Remember to use periods (.), question marks (?), and exclamation points (!) at the end of sentences.

Read each sentence and add the correct ending punctuation. Choose between a period (.), question mark (?), or exclamation point (!).

1. What is your favorite animal

2. I love to play outside

3. Watch out for that car

4. The cat is sleeping on the couch

5. Did you finish your homework

Read the sentence. Which type of punctuation should it have?

1. What time is it

Period

Question Mark

Exclamation Point

Comma

2. That is a huge dog

Period

Question Mark

Exclamation Point

Comma

Write one sentence that ends with a period, one that ends with a question mark, and one that ends with an exclamation point.

1. Period sentence:

2. Question mark sentence:

3. Exclamation point sentence:

Read each statement. Decide if it is True or False.

1. A period is used at the end of a question.

True

False

2. An exclamation point shows strong feeling.

True

False