ENG 11 Grammar: 27.4 Quotation Marks w/Other Punct P.158

Exercise 1: Using Quotation Marks with Direct Quotations

In the following sentence, add quotation marks where they are needed. The quoted fragment has been underlined so you can tell where it begins and ends.

1. Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country. ---John F. Kennedy

• "Ask not what your country can do for you." Ask what you can do for your country. ---John F. Kennedy

• "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country. ---John F. Kennedy"

• "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." ---John F. Kennedy

• Correct as written

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

Exercise 1: Using Quotation Marks with Direct Quotations

In the following sentence, add quotation marks where they are needed. The quoted fragment has been underlined so you can tell where it begins and ends.

2. I'll be here Thursday, she yelled, springing from the saddle. Goodbye for now!

• "I'll be here Thursday, she yelled, springing from the saddle. Goodbye for now!"

• "I'll be here Thursday," she yelled, springing from the saddle. "Goodbye for now!"

• "I'll be here Thursday," she yelled, springing from the saddle. Goodbye for now!

• Correct as written

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

Exercise 1: Using Quotation Marks with Direct Quotations

In the following sentence, add quotation marks where they are needed. The quoted fragment has been underlined so you can tell where it begins and ends.

3. In the first sentence of George Orwell's 1984, the clocks are striking thirteen.

• "In the first sentence of George Orwell's 1984, the clocks are striking thirteen."

• In the first sentence of George Orwell's 1984, the clocks are "striking thirteen."

• In the first sentence of George Orwell's 1984, the clocks are "striking thirteen".

• Correct as written

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

Exercise 1: Using Quotation Marks with Direct Quotations

In the following sentence, add quotation marks where they are needed. The quoted fragment has been underlined so you can tell where it begins and ends.

4. The commander asked, Have all of the troops taken their positions?

• "The commander asked," Have all of the troops taken their positions?

• The commander asked, "Have all of the troops taken their positions"?

• The commander asked, "Have all of the troops taken their positions?"

• Correct as written

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

Exercise 1: Using Quotation Marks with Direct Quotations

In the following sentence, add quotation marks where they are needed. The quoted fragment has been underlined so you can tell where it begins and ends.

5. I know what he expects, she sighed. If only I can reach those lofty goals.

• "I know what he expects," she sighed. "If only I can reach those lofty goals."

• "I know what he expects," she sighed. If only I can reach those lofty goals.

• I know what he expects, "she sighed. If only I can reach those lofty goals."

• Correct as written

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

Exercise 1: Using Quotation Marks with Direct Quotations

In the following sentence, add quotation marks where they are needed. The quoted fragment has been underlined so you can tell where it begins and ends.

6. The captain said Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!

• The captain said, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes!"

• The captain said Don't fire until "you see the whites of their eyes"!

• The captain said, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes"!

• Correct as written

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

Exercise 1: Using Quotation Marks with Direct Quotations

In the following sentence, add quotation marks where they are needed. The quoted fragment has been underlined so you can tell where it begins and ends.

7. Rose, my love! Cried Mrs. Maylie. You're crying! My dear child, what upsets you? ---Charles Dickens

• "Rose, my love!" Cried Mrs. Maylie. "You're crying! My dear child, what upsets you"? ---Charles Dickens

• "Rose, my love!" Cried Mrs. Maylie. You're crying! My dear child, what upsets you? ---Charles Dickens

• "Rose, my love!" Cried Mrs. Maylie. "You're crying! My dear child, what upsets you?" ---Charles Dickens

• Correct as written

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

Exercise 1: Using Quotation Marks with Direct Quotations

In the following sentence, add quotation marks where they are needed. The quoted fragment has been underlined so you can tell where it begins and ends.

8. Did she say, I'd like to help?

• "Did she say," I'd like to help?

• Did she say, "I'd like to help"?

• Did she say, "I'd like to help?"

• Correct as written

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

Exercise 1: Using Quotation Marks with Direct Quotations

In the following sentence, add quotation marks where they are needed. The quoted fragment has been underlined so you can tell where it begins and ends.

9. Listen, I said to Raymond. You may be right.

• "Listen," I said to Raymond. "You may be right."

• "Listen," I said to Raymond. "You may be right".

• "Listen", I said to Raymond. "You may be right."

• Correct as written

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

Exercise 1: Using Quotation Marks with Direct Quotations

In the following sentence, add quotation marks where they are needed. The quoted fragment has been underlined so you can tell where it begins and ends.

10. Billy! Yelled Betty. Did you forget your lunch?

• "Billy!" Yelled Betty. "Did you forget your lunch?"

• "Billy"! Yelled Betty. "Did you forget your lunch"?

• "Billy! Yelled Betty." Did you forget your lunch?

• Correct as written

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C