Punctuation

These tricky little marks are EXTREMELY important in formal writing...but mistakes with these are very common.

For extra practice, visit these helpful websites:

The Semicolon:    (I love this one!)

• University of Bristol Practice exercise (CLICK HERE)
• Practice exercise from Illinois Valley Community College
• Explanation from Illinois Valley Community College
• Purdue Owl exercise
• Dakota County Technical College Writing Center quiz
• Grammar-quizzes, explanation, common mistakes and 2 practice exercises

Commas:

• University of Bristol, exercise 1
• Exercise 2
• Comma splice error practice
• Purdue owl exercise 1 (these are challenging)
• Exercise 2
• Exercise 3
• Exercise 4
• Exercise 5
• ChompChomp commas quiz
• Illinois Valley Community College practice exercise and explanation
• Grammar CCC quiz- commas in paragraphs- a great practice exercise
• Grammarbook.com comma quiz

Apostrophes:

• University of Bristol contractions exercise
• Exercise 2
• Exercise 3
• Purdue Owl printable exercise with answers
• ChompChomp exercise
• Using English quiz
• Grammar CCC quiz
• SoftSchools quiz (click "take the test")

Quotation marks:

• University of Bristol exercise
• Exercise 2
• Soft Schools practice quiz
• Grammar CCC quotation mark quiz
• Purdue Owl exercise