Quotation Marks and Punctuation

Choose the sentence with the correct use of quotation marks and punctuation.

• My brother asked, "Will you help me with this?"

• My brother asked Will you help me with this

• My brother asked, Will you help me with this?

• My brother asked "Will you help me with this?"

Choose the sentence with the correct use of quotation marks and punctuation.

• The umpire yelled, Safe!

• The umpire yelled “Safe!”

• The umpire yelled, “Safe!”

• The umpire yelled Safe

Put __________________ around a speaker's exact words

• commas

• speaker's tags

• quotation marks

• An indention

Where should the quotation marks be placed in this sentence? No, I do not want to go to school! she screamed.

• No, "I do not want to go to school! She screamed."

• "No, I do not want to go to school!" she screamed.

• "No, I do not want to go to school! she screamed.

Which of the following shows a correctly punctuated quotation?

• Joe said, "I am always late for class".

• Joe said "I am always late for class."

• Joe said, "I am always late for class."

Choose the sentence with correct quotations and punctuation.

•  The teacher replied, some dogs are mean, "but not all are.",

•  The teacher replied, "Some dogs are mean, but not all are."

Quotation marks always come in pairs (2 sets)

• true

• false

What is the best way to punctuate this speech: "What is your problem_"

• !

• ?

• ,

• .

Write the sentence with the correct quotation marks.

The author stated cats and dogs make excellent companions.

Select the answer below that uses capitalization and punctuation correctly. 

• Helen said, "The girls have a great idea!"

• Helen said "The girls have a great idea!"

• Helen said, The girls have a great idea!

• Helen said, "the girls have a great idea!"