Dialogue Practice

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• “I’m tired of everyone yelling at me!” shouted Noah.
• I'm tired of everyone yelling at me, shouted Noah.
• "I'm tired of everyone yelling at me." Shouted Noah!
• "I'm tired of everyone yelling at me, shouted Noah!"

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• Wow, today’s lunch is terrible gagged Lucy.
• "Wow, today’s lunch is terrible"! gagged Lucy.
• "Wow, today’s lunch is terrible," gagged Lucy.
• "Wow, today’s lunch is terrible" gagged Lucy.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• Cole screamed, “We beat the Lancers”!
• Cole screamed “we beat the Lancers!”
• Cole screamed, “We beat the Lancers!"
• Cole screamed. “We beat the Lancers”!

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• Do we have any math homework? Taeya asked.
• "Do we have any math homework?” Taeya asked.
• “Do we have any math homework” Taeya asked?
• “Do we have any math homework”? Taeya asked.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Put __________________ around a speaker's exact words.

• commas
• speaker tags
• quotation marks
• An indent

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Dialogue is

• a conversation between/amongst characters
• a verb
• when the narrator tells you what is happening in a story
• boring

Tags

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

Which of the following are quotation marks?

• ?
• "
• '
• ,

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

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

• correct
• incorrect

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Which of these is correct?

• James is "very" nice said Chris.
• "James," is very nice said Chris.
• "James is very nice", said Chris.
• "James is very nice," said Chris.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

A comma should follow which word in the sentence below?
Miller whined "Are we there yet?"

• whined
• Miller
• yet
• Are

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A