Punctuation ESL Worksheets and Games

End of Sentence Punctuation

Pre-intermediate (A2) 30 minutes
ESL Ending Punctuation Worksheet - Reading and Writing Exercises: Sentence Completion, Gap-fill, Categorising

In this useful ending punctuation worksheet, students learn and practice how to use full stops (periods), exclamation marks and question marks. Students begin... read more

Pausing Points

Pre-intermediate (A2) 30 minutes
ESL Pausing Points Worksheet - Reading and Writing Exercises: Matching, Ordering, Gap-fill, Sentence Completion

This insightful pausing points worksheet helps students learn and practice how to indicate a pause or break in a sentence using periods, commas, semicolons, dashes... read more

Apostrophes and Quotation Marks

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL Apostrophes and Quotation Marks Worksheet - Reading and Writing Exercises: Matching, Error Correction, Rewriting Sentences, Adding Punctuation

Here is a free quotation marks and apostrophes worksheet for intermediate students. First, students match... read more

Dashes and Hyphens

Intermediate (B1) 30 minutes
ESL Dashes and Hyphens Worksheet - Reading and Writing Exercises: Matching, Gap-fill, Sentence Completion, Rewriting Sentences

This comprehensive dashes and hyphens worksheet helps students learn and practice how to use hyphens and dashes... read more

Academic Citations

Upper-intermediate (B2) 30 minutes
Academic Citations Worksheet - Reading and Writing Exercises: Matching, Writing References and Quotations

In this informative academic citations worksheet, students learn and practice how to cite sources in academic writing, including using square brackets to modify... read more

Academic Parentheses

Upper-intermediate (B2) 30 minutes
Academic Punctuation Worksheet - Reading and Writing Exercises: Gap-fill, Matching, Error Correction, Rewriting Sentences

In this handy parentheses worksheet, students learn how to use parentheses in academic writing. First, students complete a text that explains the use of... read more

Honest Ellipsis

Upper-intermediate (B2) 25 minutes
ESL Ellipses Worksheet - Writing Exercise: Rewriting Sentences - Speaking Activity: Guided Discussion, Categorising - Pair Work

This detailed ellipses worksheet helps to teach students how to use ellipses to remove unnecessary words from... read more

Parentheses Race

Upper-intermediate (B2) 25 minutes
ESL Parentheses Game - Writing: Adding Punctuation - Pair Work

In this engaging punctuation game, students race to add parentheses (round brackets) to sentences. One student from each pair comes to your desk and picks up... read more