Punctuating Dialogue (Commas, Quotation Marks, End Punctuation)

Select the sentence that is written with correct punctuation.

• We bake all our own pies said the waitress.

• "We bake all our own pies" said the waitress.

• "We bake all our own pies," said the waitress.

• "We bake all our own pies said the waitress."

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Select the sentence that is written with correct punctuation.

• The waitress said that, they bake all their own pies.

• The waitress said that, "they bake all their own pies."

• The waitress said "that they bake all their own pies."

• The waitress said that, they bake all their own pies.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Select the sentence that is written with correct punctuation.

• Have you ever seen a germ little Viola asked with curiosity.

• "Have you ever seen a germ?" little Viola asked with curiosity.

• Have you ever seen a germ little Viola, "asked with curiosity."

• "Have you ever seen a germ?" Little Viola asked with curiosity.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Select the sentence that is written with correct punctuation.

• "This is going to be hard to explain" sighed Colleen.

• "This is going to be hard to explain," sighed Colleen.

• "This is going to be hard to explain" Sighed Colleen.

• "This is going to be hard to explain" Sighed Colleen.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Select the sentence that is written with correct punctuation.

• "What a funny name for a cat," Exclaimed Jerry.

• "What a funny name for a cat!" exclaimed Jerry.

• What a funny name for a cat Exclaimed Jerry.

• "What a funny name for a cat." Exclaimed Jerry.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

"What a funny name for a cat," Exclaimed Jerry.

• The driver of a passing car yelled to us, "Your tire is flat!"

• The driver of a passing car yelled "to us, your tire is flat!"

• The driver of a passing car yelled to us, "Your tire is flat"!

• The driver of a passing car yelled to us, "your tire is flat!"

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Select the sentence that is written with correct punctuation.

• The officer asked the crowd, "Whether anyone had seen the accident."

• The officer asked the crowd, "whether anyone had seen the accident."

• The officer asked "the crowd whether anyone had seen the accident."

• The officer asked the crowd whether anyone had seen the accident.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Select the sentence that is written with correct punctuation.

• I get tired of being asked is it hot enough for you.

• I get tired of being asked "is it hot enough for you."

• I get tired of being asked, "Is it hot enough for you?"

• I get tired of being asked, "is it hot enough for you?"

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Select the sentence that is written with correct punctuation.

• The sign on the lawn says, "your feet are killing me."

• The sign on the lawn says, "Your feet are killing me."

• The sign on the lawn says your feet are killing me.

• The sign on the lawn says "your feet are killing me."

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Select the sentence that is written with correct punctuation.

• There is no better tire made" said the sales clerk.

• "There is no better tire made," Said the sales clerk.

• There is no better tire made said the sales clerk.

• "There is no better tire made," said the sales clerk.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D