Punctuation and capitalisation

Here is a list of all of the skills that cover punctuation and capitalisation! These skills are organised by class, and you can move your mouse over any skill name to preview the skill. To start practising, just click on any link. IXL will track your score, and the questions will automatically increase in difficulty as you improve!

Lower kindergarten skills

  1. B.7 Choose the lowercase letter that matches: easier letters
  2. B.8 Choose the lowercase letter that matches: harder letters
  3. B.9 Find all the lowercase letters
  4. B.10 Choose the uppercase letter that matches: easier letters
  5. B.11 Choose the uppercase letter that matches: harder letters
  6. B.12 Find all the uppercase letters

Upper kindergarten skills

  1. B.5 Choose the lowercase letter that matches
  2. B.6 Find the lowercase letters
  3. B.7 Choose the uppercase letter that matches
  4. B.8 Find the uppercase letters
  5. L.3 Identify and use end marks
  6. N.1 Capitalise the first letter of a sentence
  7. N.2 Capitalise the pronoun "I"

Class I skills

  1. J.1 Capitalise the names of people and pets
  2. J.2 Capitalise days and months
  3. J.3 Capitalise sentences and the pronoun 'I'

Class II skills

  1. B.12 Form the singular or plural possessive
  2. B.13 Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns
  3. I.3 Use pronoun-verb contractions
  4. I.4 Use contractions with "not"
  5. J.1 Capitalising the names of people and pets
  6. J.2 Capitalising days, months and holidays
  7. J.3 Capitalising the names of places and geographic features
  8. J.4 Capitalising titles
  9. J.5 Greetings and closings of letters

Class III skills

  1. B.10 Form the singular or plural possessive
  2. B.11 Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns
  3. I.1 Pronoun-verb contractions
  4. I.2 Contractions with "not"
  5. J.1 Commas with direct addresses and after introductory words
  6. J.2 Capitalising the names of people and pets and titles of respect
  7. J.3 Capitalising days, months and holidays
  8. J.4 Capitalising the names of places and geographic features
  9. J.5 Greetings and closings of letters
  10. J.6 Capitalising titles
  11. J.7 Formatting titles
  12. J.8 Formatting and capitalising titles

Class IV skills

  1. B.11 Identify plurals, singular possessives and plural possessives
  2. B.12 Form the singular or plural possessive
  3. I.1 Pronoun-verb contractions
  4. I.2 Contractions with "not"
  5. J.1 Commas with direct addresses and after introductory words
  6. J.2 Capitalising the names of people and pets and titles of respect
  7. J.3 Capitalising days, months and holidays
  8. J.4 Capitalising the names of places and geographic features
  9. J.5 Capitalising proper adjectives, nationalities and languages
  10. J.6 Greetings and closings of letters
  11. J.7 Capitalising titles
  12. J.8 Formatting titles
  13. J.9 Formatting and capitalising titles

Class V skills

  1. B.7 Identify plurals, singular possessives and plural possessives
  2. B.8 Form the singular or plural possessive
  3. H.1 Pronoun-verb contractions
  4. H.2 Contractions with "not"
  5. I.1 Commas with direct addresses, introductory words and interjections
  6. I.2 Commas with compound and complex sentences
  7. I.3 Correct capitalisation errors
  8. I.4 Capitalising titles
  9. I.5 Formatting titles
  10. I.6 Formatting and capitalising titles

Class VI skills

  1. A.1 Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative or exclamatory?
  2. B.6 Identify plurals, singular possessives and plural possessives
  3. B.7 Form the singular or plural possessive
  4. H.1 Pronoun-verb contractions
  5. H.2 Contractions with "not"
  6. I.1 Commas with compound and complex sentences
  7. I.2 Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections and interrupters
  8. I.3 Commas with coordinate adjectives
  9. I.4 Commas with non-restrictive elements
  10. I.5 Use dashes
  11. I.6 Correct capitalisation errors
  12. I.7 Capitalising titles
  13. I.8 Formatting titles
  14. I.9 Formatting and capitalising titles: review

Class VII skills

  1. A.1 Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative or exclamatory?
  2. B.3 Identify plurals, singular possessives and plural possessives
  3. B.4 Form the singular or plural possessive
  4. F.1 Commas with compound and complex sentences
  5. F.2 Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections and interrupters
  6. F.3 Commas with coordinate adjectives
  7. F.4 Commas with non-restrictive elements
  8. F.5 Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses
  9. F.6 Use semicolons, colons and commas with lists
  10. F.7 Use dashes
  11. F.8 Use hyphens in compound adjectives
  12. F.9 Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately
  13. F.10 Correct capitalisation errors
  14. F.11 Capitalising titles
  15. F.12 Formatting titles
  16. F.13 Formatting and capitalising titles: review

Class VIII skills

  1. A.1 Is the sentence declarative, interrogative, imperative or exclamatory?
  2. B.3 Identify plurals, singular possessives and plural possessives
  3. B.4 Form the singular or plural possessive
  4. B.6 Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession
  5. F.1 Commas with compound and complex sentences
  6. F.2 Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections and interrupters
  7. F.3 Commas with coordinate adjectives
  8. F.4 Commas with non-restrictive elements
  9. F.5 Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses
  10. F.6 Use semicolons, colons and commas with lists
  11. F.7 Use dashes
  12. F.8 Use hyphens in compound adjectives
  13. F.9 Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately
  14. F.10 Correct capitalisation errors
  15. F.11 Capitalising titles
  16. F.12 Formatting titles
  17. F.13 Formatting and capitalising titles: review

Class IX skills

  1. A.4 Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons
  2. B.3 Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns
  3. B.4 Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession
  4. F.1 Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, interrupters and antithetical phrases
  5. F.2 Commas with compound and complex sentences
  6. F.3 Commas with coordinate adjectives
  7. F.4 Commas with non-restrictive elements
  8. F.5 Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses
  9. F.6 Use semicolons, colons and commas with lists
  10. F.7 Semicolons, colons and commas review
  11. F.8 Use dashes
  12. F.9 Use hyphens in compound adjectives
  13. F.10 Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately
  14. F.11 Correct capitalisation errors
  15. F.12 Capitalising titles
  16. F.13 Formatting titles
  17. F.14 Formatting and capitalising titles: review
  18. M.7 Correct errors in everyday use

Class X skills

  1. A.4 Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons
  2. B.3 Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns
  3. B.4 Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession
  4. F.1 Commas with direct addresses, introductory words, interjections, interrupters and antithetical phrases
  5. F.2 Commas with compound and complex sentences
  6. F.3 Commas with coordinate adjectives
  7. F.4 Commas with non-restrictive elements
  8. F.5 Use semicolons and commas to separate clauses
  9. F.6 Use semicolons, colons and commas with lists
  10. F.7 Semicolons, colons and commas review
  11. F.8 Use dashes
  12. F.9 Use hyphens in compound adjectives
  13. F.10 Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately
  14. F.11 Correct capitalisation errors
  15. M.7 Correct errors in everyday use

Class XI skills

  1. A.3 Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons
  2. E.1 Commas with direct addresses, introductory elements, absolute phrases, interjections, interrupters and antithetical phrases
  3. E.2 Commas with compound, complex and compound-complex sentences
  4. E.3 Commas with coordinate adjectives
  5. E.4 Commas: review
  6. E.5 Commas with non-restrictive elements
  7. E.6 Join sentences with semicolons, colons and commas
  8. E.7 Use colons and commas to introduce lists, quotations and appositives
  9. E.8 Use semicolons and commas to separate items in a series
  10. E.9 Semicolons, colons and commas review
  11. E.10 Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns
  12. E.11 Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession
  13. E.12 Use dashes
  14. E.13 Use hyphens in compound adjectives
  15. E.14 Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately
  16. E.15 Correct capitalisation errors
  17. K.7 Correct errors in everyday use

Class XII skills

  1. A.3 Choose punctuation to avoid fragments and run-ons
  2. E.1 Commas with direct addresses, introductory elements, absolute phrases, interjections, interrupters and antithetical phrases
  3. E.2 Commas with compound, complex and compound-complex sentences
  4. E.3 Commas with coordinate adjectives
  5. E.4 Commas: review
  6. E.5 Commas with non-restrictive elements
  7. E.6 Join sentences with semicolons, colons and commas
  8. E.7 Use colons and commas to introduce lists, quotations and appositives
  9. E.8 Use semicolons and commas to separate items in a series
  10. E.9 Semicolons, colons and commas review
  11. E.10 Identify and correct errors with plural and possessive nouns
  12. E.11 Identify and correct errors with compound and joint possession
  13. E.12 Use dashes
  14. E.13 Use hyphens in compound adjectives
  15. E.14 Decide whether ellipses are used appropriately
  16. E.15 Correct capitalisation errors
  17. K.7 Correct errors in everyday use