8th Grade Punctuation and Spelling Practice Test
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Free 8th grade punctuation and spelling practice: commas, dashes and ellipses for pauses and omissions, apostrophes, capitals and tricky spellings. This test is for 8th grade (ages 13–14). In the UK, that's Year 9.
Before you start
20 punctuation and spelling questions for 8th grade, picked from a bank of 30, so each try is different. Practice using commas, ellipses and dashes to show a pause or break, using an ellipsis to show that words were left out, plus quotation marks, apostrophes, capitals and commonly misspelled words.
- 20 questions – a new mix each time you try
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