What do these 7th grade punctuation worksheets cover?

17 printable 7th grade punctuation worksheets in 3 skill sets, in the order they appear on this page: semicolons, colons and hyphens; commas practice; and nonrestrictive elements.

What is a comma splice and how do you fix it?

A comma splice joins two complete sentences with only a comma. Four Ways to Repair a Comma Splice shows four repairs: a period, a semicolon, a comma and conjunction, or a subordinate clause. Students rewrite each splice with the repair named in bold.

What are coordinate adjectives?

Coordinate adjectives each describe the noun on their own, so they take a comma between them. Students test a pair by putting and between the adjectives and by reversing their order. Cumulative adjectives fail both tests and take no comma.

When should a compound modifier be hyphenated?

Hyphenate a compound modifier that comes before the noun, as in a well-rehearsed concert. Leave the hyphen out when the modifier comes after the noun, and never put one after an ly word. Hyphenate Before the Noun, Not After gives students two sentences per item to choose between.

Do the punctuation worksheets have answer keys?

Yes. All 17 punctuation worksheets include answer keys, which makes them easy to check at home or in class.

7th Grade Punctuation Worksheets

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Punctuation marks show readers how the parts of a sentence fit together, from a comma after an opening phrase to a semicolon between clauses. There are 17 worksheets for 7th grade, all with answer keys, on semicolons, colons, hyphens, commas and nonessential phrases. Use Colons in Formal Writing, Four Ways to Repair a Comma Splice and Set Off Nonessential Phrases With Commas are three of the sheets. Native sheets here practice L.7.2 and L.7.2.A.

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