Punctuating Dialogue

Quiz
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English
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8th Grade
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Hard
+5
Standards-aligned
Sarah Williams
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which sentence is written correctly?
Bob answered, "That's cool!"
Bob answered "That's cool!"
Bob answered, "that's cool!"
Bob answered, "That's cool!
Tags
CCSS.L.3.2C
CCSS.L.4.2B
CCSS.L.5.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which sentence is correct?
"A little bit of both," I replied "because I need to find a birthday gift for my cousin, but I really want to check out the sales."
"A little bit of both," I replied, "Because I need to find a birthday gift for my cousin, but I really want to check out the sales."
"A little bit of both," I replied. "Because I need to find a birthday gift for my cousin, but I really want to check out the sales."
"A little bit of both," I replied, "because I need to find a birthday gift for my cousin, but I really want to check out the sales."
Tags
CCSS.L.3.2C
CCSS.L.4.2B
CCSS.L.5.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Put __________________ around a speaker's exact words.
commas
speaker tags
quotation marks
An indent
Tags
CCSS.L.3.2C
CCSS.L.4.2B
CCSS.L.5.2D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Is this sentence written correctly?
Chad told me, "the movie begins at 7:30."
Yes
No
Tags
CCSS.L.3.2C
CCSS.L.4.2B
CCSS.L.6.3A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of these is correct?
James is "very" nice said Chris.
"James," is very nice said Chris.
"James is very nice", said Chris.
"James is very nice," said Chris.
Tags
CCSS.L.3.2C
CCSS.L.4.2B
CCSS.L.5.2D
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
"Watch out for the truck," Daniel screamed with terror.
"Watch out for the truck?" Daniel screamed with terror.
"Watch out for the truck." Daniel screamed with terror.
"Watch out for the truck!" Daniel screamed with terror.
Tags
CCSS.L.1.2B
CCSS.L.4.3B
CCSS.L.K.2B
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of the following are quotation marks?
?
.
"
!
Tags
CCSS.L.3.2C
CCSS.L.4.2B
CCSS.L.5.2D
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