Mastering Punctuation Marks for Grade 2

Why does a sentence begin with a capital letter?

• To make the sentence look better

• Because it is a grammatical rule

• To highlight important words

• To indicate the start of a new paragraph

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

What punctuation mark is used at the end of a declarative sentence?

• Full stop

• Comma

• Exclamation mark

• Question mark

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CCSS.L.1.1J

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.8.1C

CCSS.L.K.1D

How should the pronoun 'I' be written in a sentence?

• In lowercase

• In bold

• In uppercase

• In italics

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CCSS.L.1.2A

CCSS.L.2.2A

CCSS.L.3.2A

CCSS.L.4.2A

CCSS.L.K.2A

Which of the following is a proper noun?

• they

• she

• book

• Kamlesh

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CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.K.1B

What punctuation mark is used at the end of a question?

• Full stop

• Comma

• Question mark

• Exclamation mark

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Which sentence correctly uses a question mark?

• How are you doing.

• How are you doing?

• How are you doing!

• How are you doing,

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

When listing three or more items, what punctuation mark should be used to separate them?

• Exclamation mark

• Full stop

• Question mark

• Comma

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Which of the following sentences correctly uses a comma?

• My favorite fruits are apple; banana; and strawberry.

• My favorite fruits are apple: banana: and strawberry.

• My favorite fruits are apple, banana, and strawberry.

• My favorite fruits are apple banana and strawberry.

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

What punctuation mark is used to show strong feelings such as surprise or joy?

• Full stop

• Exclamation mark

• Comma

• Question mark

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Which sentence correctly uses an exclamation mark?

• Wow, what a cute baby,

• Wow, what a cute baby.

• Wow, what a cute baby!

• Wow, what a cute baby?

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B