What do these 6th grade punctuation worksheets cover?

11 printable 6th grade punctuation worksheets in 4 skill sets, in the order they appear on this page: nonrestrictive elements; commas practice; semicolons and colons; and punctuation practice.

When do you use a semicolon?

Use a semicolon to join two closely related independent clauses, or to separate list items that already contain commas, such as Austin, Texas and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Two sheets practice these uses.

When should you not use a colon?

A colon must follow a complete sentence. Colons Before Lists and Explanations has students cross out colons after words like are, were, for and need, as in My favorite subjects are science, art, and music.

Do compound adjectives always need a hyphen?

No. Hyphenate the words when they come before a noun, as in a well-behaved dog, but usually not after it, as in The dog is well behaved. Never hyphenate after a word ending in ly.

6th Grade Punctuation Worksheets

Ages 11-12 · 4 sub-topics · Free previews · Print-ready PDFs

Punctuation marks show readers where ideas start, stop and connect. There are 11 punctuation worksheets for 6th grade here, each with an answer key. Restrictive or Nonrestrictive?, Semicolons in Complex Lists and Hyphens in Compound Adjectives cover commas, parentheses, semicolons, colons, hyphens, capital letters and dialogue, with sheets for L.6.2, L.6.2.A and W.6.3.B.

Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher

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Punctuate Dialogue Correctly

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Frequently Asked Questions

A nonrestrictive element is extra information that could be removed without changing who or what the sentence is about, so commas set it off. In Mount Rainier, which is a volcano, stands in Washington, the clause is extra, so it gets commas.

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