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Grade 5 English Language Arts — Punctuation and capital letters

Punctuate a sentence with capital letters, end marks, commas and quotation marks.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Which sentence sets out the speech correctly?

    • a) I am ready, said Meera.
    • b) "I am ready," Said Meera.
    • c) "I am ready" said Meera.
    • d) "I am ready," said Meera.

  2. 2.Which sentence puts the comma in the right place before the speech?

    • a) Amit, said "I will come later."
    • b) Amit said "I will come later,"
    • c) Amit said "I will come later".
    • d) Amit said, "I will come later."

  3. 3.Match each mark to the job it does.

    • Period
    • Question mark
    • Exclamation mark
    • Comma
    • Apostrophe
    • Quotation marks
    • shows a missing letter or belonging
    • ends a statement
    • enclose the exact words somebody said
    • separates parts of a sentence
    • ends a question
    • shows a strong feeling

  4. 4.Sort each line by the mark it needs at the end.

    Groups: Period · Question mark

    • Why is the gate locked
    • How old is your brother
    • We finished our homework
    • Who left this note
    • Please sit down
    • The sun set behind the hill

  5. 5.Which sentence uses its comma correctly?

    • a) Before, we left we locked the door.
    • b) Before we, left we locked the door.
    • c) Before we left we, locked the door.
    • d) Before we left, we locked the door.

  6. 6.Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

    • a) Where is my bag
    • b) where is my bag?
    • c) where is my bag
    • d) Where is my bag?

  7. 7.Which line needs a question mark?

    • a) The bell rang loudly
    • b) Close the door quietly
    • c) What time does the bell ring
    • d) I like mangoes

  8. 8.Sort each word by whether it needs a capital letter wherever it appears in a sentence.

    Groups: Needs a capital letter · Does not need a capital letter

    • monday
    • india
    • teacher
    • table
    • december
    • pencil

Answer key — Grade 5 English Language Arts — Punctuation and capital letters

  1. 1. d) "I am ready," said Meera.
  2. 2. d) Amit said, "I will come later."
  3. 3. Period → ends a statement; Question mark → ends a question; Exclamation mark → shows a strong feeling; Comma → separates parts of a sentence; Apostrophe → shows a missing letter or belonging; Quotation marks → enclose the exact words somebody said
  4. 4. How old is your brother → Question mark; The sun set behind the hill → Period; We finished our homework → Period; Why is the gate locked → Question mark; Please sit down → Period; Who left this note → Question mark
  5. 5. d) Before we left, we locked the door.
  6. 6. d) Where is my bag?
  7. 7. c) What time does the bell ring
  8. 8. monday → Needs a capital letter; table → Does not need a capital letter; india → Needs a capital letter; teacher → Does not need a capital letter; december → Needs a capital letter; pencil → Does not need a capital letter