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Quotation Marks

Authored by John Betts

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

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Quotation Marks
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How should shouted you be correctly written?


I jolted awake this morning when my mother shouted you are going to be late again!"

shouted, "You

shouted "You

shouted, "you

As it is.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.8.1C

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which sentence is written correctly?

George Edward Woodberry once said, "Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure."

George Edward Woodberry once said, "defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure."

George Edward Woodberry once said "Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure."

George Edward Woodberry once said, Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How is said "I correctly written?


Steve Jobs once said "I think if you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what's next."

said, I

said I

said, "I

As it is.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How is said, "You correctly written?


At that moment, Mrs. Jones looked me in the eye and said, "You have a brilliant mind.'

said, You

said, "you

said "You

As it is.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Where do quotation marks belong in this quote by Mark Twain? There are two answers.


(1) Anyone who stops learning is old, whether twenty or eighty. (2) Anyone who keeps learning is young. (3) The greatest thing you can do is keep your mind young.

At the beginning of sentence 1

At the beginning of sentence 2

At the beginning of sentence 3

At the end of sentence 1

At the end of sentence 3

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which correction should be made to this sentence?


Once Cindy entered her house, she quickly announced, I made the soccer team," to her parents who were sitting in the living room

Change announced to anounced.

Insert quotation marks before I.

Insert a period after parents.

Change were sitting to sitting.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

"Jim Cator stated, Though we were at a standstill, everyone enjoyed the delicious and ate oranges together."

Jim Cator stated, "though we were at a standstill, everyone enjoyed the delicious and ate oranges together."

Jim Cator stated, "Though we were at a standstill, everyone enjoyed the delicious and ate oranges together".

Jim Cator stated, "Though we were at a standstill, everyone enjoyed the delicious and ate oranges together."

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

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