Dialogue Punctuation Practice

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.

I miss you said Miss Kortonick

Which is correct? 

• "Run for your lives! yelled Andrew. 

• Run for your lives!" yelled Andrew. 

• "Run for your lives!" yelled Andrew. 

• Run for your lives! "yelled Andrew."

Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.

• According to the map Amy whispered we are very close to the hidden treasure.

• "According to the map," Amy whispered, "we are very close to the hidden treasure."

• "According to the map" Amy whispered, "we are very close to the hidden treasure."

• According to the map, Amy whispered, "we are very close to the hidden treasure."

Re-write the sentence, with punctuation:

Where are we going he asked

Punctuation goes ____________ the quotation marks.

True or false: you must start a new line each time a new character speaks.

• True

• False

Re-write the following sentence, with punctuation:

Joey cried but I don't want to go to school

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

• 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?

• Comma after "costume"

• Exclamation point after "shouted"

• Exclamation point after "costume"

• Period after "costume"