Punctuating Dialogue

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!

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."

Put __________________ around a speaker's exact words.

• commas

• speaker tags

• quotation marks

• An indent

Is this sentence written correctly?

Chad told me, "the movie begins at 7:30."

• Yes

• No

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.

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.

Which of the following are quotation marks?

• ?

• .

• "

• !

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

Hint: If we put the two pieces of dialogue together, does it make one sentence or two?

• "I love soccer," Tommy said. "It is my favorite sport."

• "I love soccer," Tommy said, "it is my favorite sport."

“Please go to the store and buy some eggs”, she said.

• correct

• incorrect

Which sentence is punctuated correctly for dialogue?

• A) "I can't believe it," she said.

• B) "I can't believe it" she said.

• C) "I can't believe it," she said".

• D) "I can't believe it" she said,"