Dialogue and Quotation Marks Quiz

What should you use before and after the speaker's exact words in dialogue?

• Commas

• Quotation marks

• Parentheses

• Colons

Where should punctuation marks, like question marks and exclamation points, be placed in dialogue?

• Outside the quotation marks

• Inside the quotation marks

• Before the quotation marks

• After the quotation marks

What should be capitalized in a quote?

• The first word of the quote

• The last word of the quote

• Every word in the quote

• Only proper nouns in the quote

What is the correct way to write a dialogue sentence with an exclamation?

• "Everyone sit down!", Mr. Guy screamed!

• Mr. Guy screamed, "Everyone sit down!"

• Mr. Guy screamed "Everyone sit down"!

• "Everyone sit down" Mr. Guy screamed

Which of the following sentences correctly capitalizes the first word of a quote?

• Mr. Guy screamed, "everyone sit down!"

• Mr. Guy screamed, "Everyone sit down!"

• Mr. Guy screamed, "everyone Sit down!"

• Mr. Guy screamed, "Everyone sit Down!"

What is the correct way to write a dialogue sentence with a question?

• "Are you coming?" she asked.

• She asked. "Are you coming?"

• She asked "Are you coming?"

• "Are you coming"? she asked.

What should you do when switching speakers in a dialogue?

• Continue in the same paragraph

• Start a new paragraph

• Use a semicolon

• Use a comma

How should a dialogue tag be punctuated when it follows a quote?

• Use a comma before the tag outside of the quotation marks

• Use a comma before the tag inside of the quotation marks

• Use no punctuation before the tag

• Use a semicolon before the tag inside of the quotation marks

What is the correct way to write a dialogue sentence with a period?

• "I am here." she said.

• "I am here", she said.

• She said "I am here."

• She said, "I am here."

Which of the following sentences correctly uses punctuation in dialogue?

• "Let's go to the park" she suggested.

• "Let's go to the park," she suggested.

• She suggested "Let's go to the park,"

• She suggested, "Let's go to the park"