Punctuation in Dialogue Examples

Choose the correct answer.

• James said. "Why can't we go to the movie now?"

• James said, "Why can't we go to the movie now?"

• James said, "Why can't we go to the movie now."

• James said, "why can't we go to the movie now?"

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Choose the correct answer

• “Why aren’t you going to practice,” Sam asked, “Are you sick?”

• “Why aren’t you going to practice?” Sam asked, “Are you sick?”

• “Why aren’t you going to practice?” Sam asked. “Are you sick?”

• “Why aren’t you going to practice,” Sam asked, “are you sick?”

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Choose the correct answer.

• “I thought the movie was lousy,” she said, “It was super boring.”

• “I thought the movie was lousy,” she said, “it was super boring.”

• “I thought the movie was lousy.” she said. “It was super boring.”

• “I thought the movie was lousy,” she said. “It was super boring.”

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

He asked ​ (a)  

• , "Have you ever seen iguanas in the wild?"
• "Have you ever seen iguanas in the wild"?
• ,"have you ever seen iguanas in the wild,"?
• ,"Have you ever seen iguanas in the wild?".

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

Select all of the examples below that are correct.

• "Since my cousin is visiting, I'm going to see him this weekend," James said.

• Callie shouted, "Watch out for the frisbee!"

• "Even though it is dark," he said. "I'm going for a walk."

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Is this sentence written correctly?

Cliff exclaimed, "Seventh grade is the best year yet!"

• Yes

• No

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CCSS.L.1.2B

CCSS.L.4.3B

CCSS.L.K.2B

Retype the sentence below with correct punctuation and quotation marks.

Even though it might rain James commented we should still play the game.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

What change, if any, should be made?

"What time is the basketball game? Brayden asked.

• Change the question mark to a period.

• Add a quotation mark after the question mark

• Change basketball to basketball

• Make no change

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D