Quotation marks study guide

Put __________________ around a speaker's exact words

• commas

• speaker's tags

• quotation marks

• An indention

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which sentence is written correctly?

• "Who wants the last piece of apple pie?" asked grandma.

• "Who wants the last piece of apple pie?" Asked grandma.

• "Who wants the last piece of apple pie"? asked grandma.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Is the following sentence punctuated correctly?

Mason asked his friend, "Do you have a pencil that I can borrow?"

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the following are quotation marks?

• ?

• "

• '

• ,

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Choose the sentence with the correct use of quotation marks and punctuation.

• The umpire yelled, Safe!

• The umpire yelled “Safe!”

• The umpire yelled, “Safe!”

• The umpire yelled Safe

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Choose the sentence with the correct use of quotation marks and punctuation.

• I will help you, answered the child.

• “I will help you,” answered the child.

• “I will help you” answered the child

• I will help you, "answered the child."

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Choose the sentence with the correct use of quotation marks and punctuation.

• My brother asked, "Will you help me with this?"

• My brother asked Will you help me with this

• My brother asked, Will you help me with this?

• My brother asked "Will you help me with this?"

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which is correctly punctuated?

• We read the story, "Seventh Grade," by Gary Soto.

• We read the story. Seventh Grade." By Gary Soto.

• We read the story, "Seventh Grade", by Gary Soto.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

The comma at the end of a quotation belongs...

• inside the quotation marks

• outside the quotation marks

• up your nose

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.2.2B

CCSS.L.3.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

Which is punctuated correctly?

• My favorite Tupac poem is, "The Rose That Grew From Concrete".

• My favorite Tupac poem is, "The Rose That Grew From Concrete."

• My favorite Tupac poem is, The Rose That Grew From Concrete.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D