Dialogue Quotation Marks

Which of the following are quotation marks?

• ?

• "

• '

• ,

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Quotation marks come at the beginning and end of a person's exact words.

• true
• false

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which shows the quotation marks in the right place?

• "Ling said, Create the fold."
• "Ling said," Create the fold.
• "Ling said, Create the fold".
• Ling said, "Create the fold."

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which is true about quotation punctuation?

• you can ONLY use a period, exclamation point, or question mark if your quote is at the beginning 
• you should always put your punctuation mark outside of the quotation marks
• you never use a comma in a quote
• you can sometimes put a period in the middle of a sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the following is true about quotation marks?

• You only use them around story titles
• You use them to show dialogue (talking)
• You use them around book titles and when someone is having a conversation
• You  never use them to show when people are talking

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

If your QUOTE is at the beginning...which of the following is correctly punctuated?

• "I never knew that Santa lived in the North Pole." asked Jen. 
• "I never knew that Santa lived in the North Pole!" asked Jen. 
• "I never knew that Santa lived in the North Pole," said Jen. 
• Jen said. "I never knew that Santa lived in the North Pole." 

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

If your QUOTE is at the end...which of the following is correctly punctuated?

• Will complained, "Why do we have to get a 100?"
• Will complained! "Why do we have to get a 100,"
• Will yelled. "Why do we have to get a 100."
• Will complained "Why do we have to get a 100"

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

If your QUOTE is split or on both sides...which of the following is correctly punctuated?

• "I wish," she said. "that I could go to school in the summer,"

• "I wish," she said, "that I could go to school in the summer."

• "I wish" she said "that I could go to school in the summer?"

• "I wish," she said, "that I could go to school in the summer".

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

 Drake asked, "What kind of music______

• do you like.
• do you like?
•  do you like"?
• do you like?"

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Choose the sentence with correct quotations and punctuation.

• "Hello, Jack. How are you today?" asked Jill.
• "Hello, Jack. How are you today. asked Jill.
• Hello, "Jack. "How are you today?" asked Jill.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D