What do these 8th grade punctuation worksheets cover?

21 printable 8th grade punctuation worksheets in 4 skill sets, in the order they appear on this page: semicolons, colons and hyphens; nonrestrictive elements; dashes and ellipses; and commas practice.

When do you use a semicolon instead of a comma?

Use a semicolon to join two complete sentences that are closely related when there is no conjunction such as and or but. A semicolon also goes before a conjunctive adverb such as however, with a comma after it. Inside a list whose items already have commas, semicolons separate the items.

What is the difference between a dash and an ellipsis?

A dash marks a sharp, sudden break, such as a speaker being cut off. An ellipsis is three periods that show a speaker trailing off or hesitating, or words left out of a quotation. Comma or Dash for a Pause? and Is the Ellipsis Used Correctly? practice telling these marks apart.

What is a nonrestrictive element?

A nonrestrictive element is a phrase, clause or name that only adds extra information, so commas set it off. If the words tell which one the writer means, they are restrictive and take no commas. Which Meaning Do the Commas Show? pairs each meaning with two sentences to choose from.

8th Grade Punctuation Worksheets

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Punctuation is the set of marks that shows readers where ideas join, pause, break off or leave words out. There are 21 worksheets for 8th grade, all with answer keys, on semicolons, colons, hyphens, nonrestrictive elements, dashes, ellipses and commas. Shorten Quotations With an Ellipsis, Semicolons in a Science Lab Summary and Find and Repair Comma Splices in a Report are three of the sheets. Native sheets here practice L.8.2, L.8.2.A and L.8.2.B.

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