Grammar rules in all languages, but that doesn't mean it's the same from English to Spanish. This informational webpage describes the similarities and differences between English and Spanish for the following: periods, commas, question...

Review where quotation marks belong and what they are used to indicate. From direct speech to in-text citations, young writers will find this instructional activity quite useful. Several exercises at the bottom, along with a key, give...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" serves as an exemplar for a mini-lesson on semicolons. Working alone or in small groups, class members first circle all the semicolons in the letter, and then consider how this...

How many of the pupils in your language arts class can differentiate between a colon and a semicolon? Clarify common conventions, including end punctuation, proper capitalization, and sentence structure, with a series of helpful grammar...

Get the most out of your guided reading lessons with this collection of literacy materials. Offering a system for using color-coded tags to mark pages while reading books, as well as an assortment of comprehension and grammar...

Sometimes it feels like young writers just place commas as they please! Ensure that your pupils uses these important punctuation marks properly by requiring them to study the information here and complete the grammar exercise....

Punctuating dialogue properly can be tricky, but your pupils can become punctuation masters with practice. This resource includes an explanatory page that describes the rules of writing dialogue and provides examples. On the second page,...

Provide your class with this reference page on direct and indirect speech. The page includes definitions of direct speech and reported speech (also known as indirect speech). When writing, pupils can check the sample...

What is parallelism? Novice writers learn about parallelism and practice balancing 10 sentences for better syntax and parallel structure. A clear, straightforward worksheet with answers included.

Site provides information concerning the rules and usage of the grammatical element "the semicolon" in English punctuation. Also includes several examples.

A comprehensive look at the grammatical element "the comma" in English punctuation. Includes several points concerning usage and rules, and provides many examples of correct and incorrect comma usage.

An informational site detailing some of the uses and misuses of the "apostrophe" in English punctuation. Also includes several examples.

The University of Ottawa developed this site about quotation mark usage. Discusses using quotation marks to set off dialogue, titles, short works, and special terms. Also instructs learners in using quotation marks with other forms of...

This EnglishClub tutorial provides a comprehensive chart of punctuation marks and their respective purposes. Examples of the punctuation marks used in context are also provided.

A fairly comprehensive look at the uses and misuses of the grammatical element "the colon" in English punctuation. Includes information and several examples.

This site from the Capital Community College contains information regarding the correct and incorrect usage of the question mark. Includes some examples.

This page discusses end of sentence punctuation with links to periods, exclamation marks, and question marks.

This page focuses on the rules for using quotation marks correctly including general rules, when to use quotation marks; run-in and block quotations; quotation mark rules: quotations and capitalization, quotation marks and other...

This EnglishClub tutorial reviews the purposes for punctuation. Several examples of punctuation in the context of sentences.

This site provides the punctuation rules.

This page provides links to punctuation reference materials for apostrophes, colons, dashes, commas, parentheses, italics, quotation marks, and semicolons.

Use this site to learn how to properly use quotation marks in stories, poems, articles, and speeches.

This lesson provides a brief overview of semicolons, colons, parentheses, dashes, quotation marks, italics, and underlining.

Rules and examples for using question marks correctly in sentences.