Quotation Grammar Rules

Choose the sentence that is correct.

• My dad is a great basketball coach, "said Josie."

• "My dad is a great basketball coach, said Josie."

• "My dad is a great basketball coach," said Josie.

Choose the sentence that is correct.

• "My uncle is a fabulous artist, bragged DeeDee."

• "My uncle is a fabulous artist," bragged DeeDee.

• "My uncle is a fabulous artist. bragged" DeeDee

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.

A comma should go AFTER which word in the sentence below?

Miller whined "Are we there yet?"

• whined

• Miller

• yet

You should ______________ the first word of a quotation and first word of each sentence.

• indent

• capitalize

• underline

Choose the best answer:

Each speaker gets a new _____________.

• set of quotation marks

• paragraph

A conversation within a story or play is called what?

• talk

• dialogue

• speaking

Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.

• "This cake is delicious," I said, as I took a bite.
• This cake is delicious," I said, as I took a bite
• "This cake is delicious," I said as I took a bite
• This cake is delicious, "I said," as I took a bite.

When the speaker changes, always indent and start a new paragraph.

• True
• False

We put __________________ around the speaker's exact words in a sentence using dialogue.

• commas

• speaker tags

• quotation marks

• An indent