Quotation Marks

Thursday 20th October

Grammar & Writing​

Draw

Draw how you are feeling today!

Open Ended

What is missing ?

Quotation Marks

Quotation marks are used to show when someone is speaking

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Quotation marks look like this: “ ”​

•Quotation marks go around the actual words a person speaks.

•Quotation marks go before the first word that is spoken and after the last word that is spoken.

Multiple Choice

Quotation marks are used.....

• when someone is speaking

• to give you a pause in your reading

• at the end of a setence

• with capital letters

Quotation Marks - How do I use them?

When do you use quotation marks?

1) Keep quotation marks at the beginning and end of speech

• 2) If there is a new speaker, start a new line.

  • Example:

    "Wow, the weather is getting cooler!" exc​laimed Ricky

    "Yes, you need to bring a jacket with you to school" said May

Quotation Marks - How do I use them?

​3) Begin direct speech with a capital letter.

Example: "What a wonderful day!" said Mrs Trang

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4) Make sure your speechh is correctly punctuated. This includes a piece of punctuation before closing the quotation marks.

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"There are times, that I feel you are a little cold" she said. ​

Multiple Choice

What is missing from the following sentence:

"Make sure to charge your computer, said my teacher.

• A comma

• A capital T on teacher

• A pair of quotation marks

• Nothing. The sentence is correct

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct one:

• "Is that your dog?" he asked.
• "Is that your dog," he asked.
• "Is that your dog." he asked.
• "Is that your dog" he asked.

Multiple Choice

I never drive to school ___________ but I sometimes drive my mom to work.

• comma

• no comma

Multiple Choice

Where does the comma go in the text below?

My sister is really smart so she helped me study for the test.

• Before for

• Before so

• No comma needed

Multiple Choice

Which sentence below has the correct punctuation and capitalization?

• My neighbor asked, "Can I borrow your flashlight?

• My neighbor asked, "Can I borrow your flashlight?"

• My neighbor asked, "can I borrow your flashlight?"

• My neighbor asked, "Can I borrow your flashlight."

Open Ended

From the conversation below, you will need to put quotation marks where they belong, and use the correct punctuation.

when you grow up jack asked what do you want to be

let me think emma said a doctor i want to be a doctor

really jack said why

because emma said doctors are cool they wear white, and they help people how about you jack

I want to be a firefighter jack said firefighters help people, too and i want to ride on a fire truck