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KS2 Punctuation Practice Questions

Practise the punctuation skills tested in the Year 6 KS2 SATs Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling (GPS) paper — commas in lists and after fronted adverbials, apostrophes, inverted commas, brackets and dashes. Each question is marked instantly with an explanation. Free, with no sign-up.

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Try These 10 Questions

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Question 1

Which sentence uses a comma correctly to separate items in a list?

Question 2

Which sentence correctly uses a comma to mark a relative clause?

Question 3

Which option correctly shows that the book belongs to James?

Question 4

Which sentence uses apostrophes correctly?

Question 5

Which sentence uses speech marks correctly?

Question 6

Which sentence correctly punctuates the reported speech?

Question 7

Which sentence uses a colon correctly to introduce a list?

Question 8

Which sentence uses a semi-colon correctly to join two main clauses?

Question 9

Which sentence correctly uses brackets to add extra information?

Question 10

Which sentence uses dashes correctly to add a parenthetical comment?

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