Speech Marks

Speech marks are sometimes called

• Talky things

• 66 and 99

  66 and 99

• Quotation marks and Inverted commas

• Speaking apostrophes

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.3.2D

Speech marks indicate...

• Who is actually speaking
• What a person has said
• How loud someone is talking
• The way they are talking

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the following is a speech mark rule?

• Only famous quotes need speech marks
• Only what someone actually says is within the speech marks
• The speech marks include the speaker
• You only need speech marks at the end of a conversation

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the following is a speech mark rule?

• Always start with the most important speaker
• You must always say who is speaking
• If you whisper you don't need to use speech marks
• New line for a new speaker

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the following is a speech mark rule?

• You don't need a capital letter at the start of a speech
• Every speech needs punctuation
• If the sentence continues you don't need any punctuation
• You should only end a speech mark with a full stop

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which sentence is correct?

• "Over here shouted Tim!"
• "over here!" shouted Tim.
• "Over here", shouted Tim!
  
• "Over here!" shouted Tim.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Which sentence is correct?

• "Are we there yet moaned Joe."
  
• "Are we there?" yet moaned Joe.
• "Are we there yet?" moaned Joe.
• "Are we there yet," moaned Joe.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Which sentence is correct?

• "please wait outside", said the teacher, "no" shouted Max.

• "Please wait outside," said the teacher, "No" shouted Max.

• "please wait outside", said the teacher, "no" shouted Max!

• "Please wait outside," said the teacher, "No!" shouted Max.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

What is the best word to replace said in this sentence? "Ouch!" said Tom, "Why did you do that for?"

• asked Tom
• screamed Tom
• laughed Tom
• argued Tom

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

What is the best way to punctuate this speech: "Watch out for the tree_"

• .
• ?
• !
• ,

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B