Quotations

Which sentence is written correctly?

• Mrs. Reinhardt said "I love how hard our students work at Robb Elementary!"
• Mrs. Reinhardt said, "I love how hard our students work at Robb Elementary"
• Mrs. Reinhardt said, "I love how hard our students work at Robb Elementary!"
• Mrs. Reinhardt said ",I love how hard our students work at Robb Elementary!"

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which sentence is written correctly?

• "I love the bow in your hair today," said Ally.
• Ms. Trammell replied, I am so happy to be here at Robb!"
• "Please sit in your seat and have your eyes on me." Said Mrs. Studer.
• "I cannot believe I made an A on my spelling test! said Julie.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Which of the following sentences is NOT written correctly?

• "Ebay is my favorite fish ever" Cate exclaimed!
• "He's always sitting on a plant," Jackson noticed.
• Saisha asked, "Do you think he likes to rest?"

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

_{What is the BEST way to change the sentence below?}
Lola asked "Did anyone find my pencil?"

• Change Did to did
• Put a period (.) after asked
• Put a comma (,) after asked

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

_{What is the BEST way to change the sentence below?}
Mary asked, What is your favorite color?"

• Put the question mark (?) outside the quotation marks
• Take out the comma (,) after asked
• Put a quotation mark (") before What

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

_{What is the BEST way to change the sentence below?}
John asked, "where are we going?"

• Change where to Where
• Change the comma (,) to a period (.)
• Take out the quotation mark (") at the end of the sentence

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

_{What is the BEST way to change the sentence below?}
Mia said, "my cat played with a toy."

• Take out the comma (,)
• Change my to My
• Put the period (.) outside the quotation mark (")

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

_{What is the BEST way to change the sentence below?}
Conner said, "The cookie is good.

• Change The to the
• Take out the comma (,) after said
• Put a quotation mark (") after the period

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which is NOT a rule for using quotation marks?

• I will use a comma to separate the speaker from the dialogue. (Except when using an exclamation mark or question mark)
• I will always end a dialogue with a period.
• I will capitalize the first letter of spoken dialogue.
• I will use both an opening and a closing quotation marks. 

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which is NOT a rule for using quotation marks?

• I will never end my dialogue with a comma.
• I will start a new line for every new speaker.
• I will put commas, period, exclamation marks, and question marks inside the quotation marks.
• I indent new lines of dialogue.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D