Embedding Quotations

Mrs. Farmer said, "Please be quiet."

• the sentence is correct as is

• Mrs. Farmer said "Please be quiet"

• Mrs. Farmer said please "be quiet."

• Mrs. Farmer said, "please be quite".

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CCSS.L.7.2B

What is true about punctuating a quotation

• there should always be a comma before every quote

• ending punctuation should fall outside the quotation mark

• you cannot have multiple quotations in one sentence

• ending punctuation falls inside a quotation mark

Which of the following sentences contains a punctuation error?

• The chef told everyone in the kitchen that he “expected them to work harder than ever”.

• My Aunt Stephanie hugged me and said, “I think you’ve grown at least six inches since I last saw you.”

• “Isn’t he adorable?” my best friend asked as she showed me her new puppy.

• “You will not believe what I just found out at work,” Raoul announced as he came through the door.

Jackson always talks about his football jersey. Which of the following is the correct way to write the sentence?

• Jackson always talks about his "football jersey."

• Jackson always talks about his football jersey.

• Jackson always talks about his "football jersey".

• Jackson always talks "about his football jersey."

Which of the following is the correct way to write the sentence?

• “Please, the customer said, “help me figure out what is wrong with my computer.”

• The restaurant was full and the door on the sign stated “The waitlist is currently an hour long.”

• “This breaking news story just in, said the young reporter.

• The actor’s final remarks were, “It has been an amazing experience.”

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CCSS.L.7.2B

The actor’s final remarks were, “It has been an amazing experience.”

• Obama claims, “Looking at today’s youth, our future is bright.”

• “Obama claims, looking at today’s youth, our future is bright.”

• Obama claims: “looking at today’s youth, our future is bright.”

• Obama claims – “looking at today’s youth, our future is bright.”

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CCSS.L.7.3A

CCSS.L.7.2A

CCSS.SL.7.4

CCSS.W.7.1A

Read the text.

“Do you ever think about what it would be like to live on Mars,” he asked.

Which sentence correctly embeds the quotation?

• He asked this: “Whether anyone ever thought about what it would be like to live on Mars?”

• “Do you ever,” he asked. “Think about what it would be like to live on Mars?”

• The sentence is correct as it is.

• “Do you ever think,” he asked, “about what it would be like to live on Mars?”

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.W.7.4

Examine the two sentences.

She stormed into the reading room. “Listen to me!”

She yelled, “Listen to me!”

Which of the following is true of these sentences?

• The first contains a dialogue tag; the second does not.

• Both contain dialogue tags.

• The first contains an action tag; the second contains a dialogue tag.

• Both contain action tags.

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CCSS.W.7.3B

Which word below is the best replacement for the underlined word in the following sentence?

"Hush," he said, "I can hear their footsteps."

• whispered

• shouted

• says

• yelled

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CCSS.L.7.3A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5C

Which sentence below correctly uses a comma before the quote?

• According to Clarke “Many of the water sources, have been depleted.”

• According, to Clarke “many of the water sources have been depleted.”

• According to Clarke, “many of the water sources have been depleted.”

• According to Clarke, “Many of the water sources have been depleted.”