Punctuation in Dialogue Examples

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Correct the punctuation: James said. "Why can't we go to the movie now?"

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James said, "Why can't we go to the movie now?"

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Choose the correct punctuation for the sentence: “Why aren’t you going to practice,” Sam asked, “Are you sick?”

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“Why aren’t you going to practice?” Sam asked. “Are you sick?”

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Choose the correct punctuation for the sentence: “I thought the movie was lousy,” she said, “It was super boring.”

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“I thought the movie was lousy,” she said. “It was super boring.”

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Is this sentence written correctly? Cliff exclaimed, "Seventh grade is the best year yet!"

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Yes

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Retype the sentence below with correct punctuation and quotation marks: Even though it might rain James commented we should still play the game.

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"Even though it might rain," James commented, "we should still play the game."

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What change, if any, should be made to: "What time is the basketball game? Brayden asked.

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Add a quotation mark after the question mark