Commas and Quotation Marks - Tuesday

Read the paragraphs.

When the queen opened the door, she saw a wet, tired young lady standing before her. “Please ma’am, may I stay here tonight?” she asked. The queen hesitated for a moment, but then she noticed the girl’s topaz eyes and her long, dark eyelashes. This could be the one, she thought, the one we have been expecting for a long time. She invited the girl in and immediately called her staff. 

“Make the young lady a bed,” she instructed them in a whisper. “Twenty mattresses high, with a single pea underneath them.”

Which sentence from the paragraphs contains an example of dialogue?

• When the queen opened the door, she saw a wet, tired young lady standing before her.

• She invited the girl in and immediately called to her staff. 

• This could be the one, she thought, the one we have been expecting for a long time. 

• “Make the young lady a bed,” she instructed them in a whisper. 

Read the sentence. 

My mother said Make sure you eat your vegetables. 

Which is the correct way to punctuate the underlined part of the sentence?

• said, “Make sure to eat your vegetables”.

• “said Make sure to eat your vegetables.”

• said, “Make sure to eat your vegetables.”

• “said Make sure to eat your vegetables”.

Read the sentence. 

“You should read this book,” said James, “because I think you will like it.”

What is the BEST way to revise the sentence?

• “You should read this book, said James,” because “I think you will like it.:

• You should read this book, “said James, because I think you will like it.”

• “You should read this book, said James, “because I think you will like it.”

• Leave as is.