Capital letters and punctuation marks: mark the passage

A Year 2 printable worksheet created by a primary school teacher to help your child with capital letters and punctuation marks.

Read this paragraph and add in the capital letters, full stops, commas, exclamation marks and question marks where you think they should go

What punctuation should a Year 2 child know?

According to the National Curriculum for England, by the end of Year 2, children should be able to use the following punctuation marks correctly:

Full stops

Used at the end of a sentence to indicate that the sentence has finished.

• Example: The dog is sleeping.

Capital letters

Used at the beginning of sentences and for proper nouns (names of people, places, days of the week, etc.).

• Example: Sarah went to the park on Saturday.

Question marks

Used at the end of a sentence that asks a question.

• Example: What is your name?

Exclamation marks

Used to indicate strong feelings or high volume (shouting).

• Example: Look out!

Commas

Used to separate items in a list.

• Example: I like apples, oranges, grapes and bananas.

Apostrophes

Used to indicate possession (showing that something belongs to someone) and in contractions (showing where letters have been omitted in a shortened form of a word).

• Example (possession): This is Jack's hat.
• Example (contraction): Don't touch that. (contraction of do not)
   

How will this printable punctuation worksheet help your Year 2 child?

This enjoyable activity was created by an experienced educator with the purpose of helping your Year 2 child put their learning into practice. They will need to read the passage and figure out where to place the capital letters and punctuation marks. 

For more help with primary school grammar, check out our hub page, or try a new challenge such as our Forming the superlative worksheet.