Capitalization and Punctuation

Which is punctuated correctly?

• "Hi." yelled Joey.
• "Hi, yelled Joey."
• "Hi!" yelled Joey.
• "Hi!" yelled Joey

Which of the following is correct?

• Come back here! Keira called.

• "Come back here!" Keira called.

• "Come back here" Keira called.

• Come back here, Keira called.

Which of the following is correct?

• "I enjoy working with you" said Tina

• I enjoy working with you, said Tina

• "I enjoy working with you, said Tina"

• "I enjoy working with you," said Tina.

What needs to be done to the following sentence to make it correct?

"Do we have a Team Meeting today" asked Mr. Jones.

• Comma after "today"

• Question mark after "today"

• Question mark after "Mr. Jones"

• Period after "today"

What needs to be done to the following sentence to make it correct?

"I cannot wait to plan this year's Halloween costume" Ms. McNulty shouted.

• Comma after "costume"

• Exclamation point after "shouted"

• Exclamation point after "costume"

• Period after "costume"

Which sentence uses dialogue and punctuation correctly?

• The mother remarked, "Don't forget to clean your room!"

• The mother remarked "Don't forget to clean your room!"

• The mother remarked, "don't forget to clean your room!"

• The mother remarked", Don't forget to clean your room!"

_______________ the first word of a quotation and first word of each sentence.

• Indent

• Capitalize

• Underline

• Delete

Which sentence below uses quotation marks appropriately?

• "Which store do you want to go to?" asked Marie.
• Which store do you want to go to?" asked Marie.
• "Which store do you want to go to? asked Marie.
• Which store do you want to go to? asked Marie.

Choose the correctly written dialogue.

• She thought further, Surely they  will get every one of the answers correct."
• She thought further, "surely they  will get every one of the answers correct."
• She thought further, "Surely they  will get every one of the answers correct."
• She thought further, surely they  will get every one of the answers correct.

Which of the following sentences is written correctly?

• "Do we go to recess today or tomorrow," Jake asked hopefully.
• Do we go to recess today or tomorrow? Jake asked hopefully.
• "Do we go to recess today or tomorrow?" Jake asked hopefully.