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Dialogue

Total questions: 91

Worksheet time: 2hrs 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which option shows the correct dialogue punctuation?

a)

"I love Starbucks!" exclaimed Mrs. Stanley.

b)

"I love Starbucks"! exclaimed Mrs. Stanley.

2.

 

Which option shows the correct dialogue punctuation?

a)

"Can you help me"? asked the student.

b)

"Can you help me?" asked the student.

3.

 

Which option shows the correct dialogue punctuation?

a)

The teacher shouted, "It is time to be quiet!"

b)

The teacher shouted "it is time to be quiet"!

4.

 

Which option shows the correct dialogue punctuation?

a)

The teacher announced, "We are going to the book fair tomorrow!"

b)

The teacher announced "we are going to the book fair tomorrow"!

5.

What do we look for when the dialogue comes at the BEGINNING of the sentence?

Example: "You have such a cute dog," said Ms. Fredericks.

a)

1. Punctuation goes outside of the quotation marks.

2. Capital letter following quotation marks.

b)

1. Punctuation inside of the quotation marks.

2. Lowercase letter following quotation marks.

6.

Which option shows the correct dialogue punctuation?

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

a)

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

b)

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

7.

If the divided dialogue forms ONE complete sentence we.....

Example: "Did you know," asked Ms. Harris, "that unicorns are my favorite animals?"

a)

1. No commas are needed.

2. We capitalize the dialogue.

b)

1. Comma inside quotations of the first dialogue.

2. Comma after speaker tag.

3. Lowercase letter at the beginning of the second dialogue.

8.

Which option shows the correct dialogue punctuation?

a)

"Why do students skip lunch?" asked Mrs. Stanley.

b)

'Why do students skip lunch" asked Mrs. Stanley?

9.

Which option shows the correct dialogue punctuation?

a)

"Please" the teacher begged "put your phones away"

b)

"Please," the teacher begged, "put your phone away."

10.

Which option shows the correct dialogue punctuation?

a)

"I love going to the book fair!" exclaimed the student.

b)

"I love going to the book fair"! exclaimed the student.

11.

Which of these sentences is an example of dialogue

a)

Kerry quickly ran to the store.

b)

Michelle was so hungry because she didn't eat lunch.

c)

Ryan said, "School is definitely different online."

d)

Jake told his sister to clean up the mess.

12.

Which of these is an example of dialogue?

a)

"We need more ice cream!" yelled Diane.

b)

Diane really wanted more ice cream.

c)

Diane and Chuck talked about getting ice cream from DQ.

d)

Diane didn't know if there was any more ice cream.

13.

Which two are NOT dialogue?

a)

"Do you want to play?" Jeff asked.

b)

"We won the game!" cheered Brianna.

c)

Mel asked her mom for a ride home.

d)

Kelly cheered so loudly when her team scored.

14.
Which of the following is correct? 
a)
Jane said, "I really want to eat Cheetos."
b)
Jane said, "I really want to eat Cheetos".
c)
Jane said "I really want to eat Cheetos."
d)
Jane said, "I really want to eat Cheetos,"
15.
Put __________________ around a speaker's exact words.
a)
commas
b)
speaker tags
c)
quotation marks
d)
An indent
16.
Which of the following are quotation marks?
a)
?
b)
"
c)
'
d)
,
17.
_______________ the first word of a quotation and first word of each sentence.
a)
Indent
b)
Capitalize
c)
Underline
d)
Delete
18.
Dialogue is
a)
a conversation between/amongst characters
b)
a verb
c)
when the narrator tells you what is happening in a story
d)
boring
19.
Which sentence below uses quotation marks appropriately?
a)
"Which store do you want to go to?" asked Marie.
b)
Which store do you want to go to?" asked Marie.
c)
"Which store do you want to go to? asked Marie.
d)
Which store do you want to go to? asked Marie.
20.
Which sentence below uses quotation marks appropriately?
a)
"Where will you go? she asked."
b)
"Where will you go?" she asked.
c)
"Where will you go"? she asked.
d)
Where will you go?" she asked.
21.
Choose the sentence that uses quotation marks correctly.
a)
Polly shouted, "I want a cracker!"
b)
Polly shouted! "I want a cracker."
c)
Polly shouted, "I want a cracker"!
d)
"Polly shouted," I want a cracker!
22.
Is this sentence written correctly?
Cliff exclaimed, "Eigth grade is the best year yet!"
a)
correct
b)
incorrect
23.
Is this sentence written correctly? 
While in class today, Miracle said, "when will will go outside?"
a)
correct
b)
incorrect
24.
Is this sentence written correctly? 
Sarah said, "I love to laugh."
a)
correct
b)
incorrect
25.
Is this sentence written correctly? 
"Dogs are the most amazing animals", said Mrs. Hutchens.
a)
correct
b)
incorrect
26.
Is this sentence written correctly?
The teacher warned us, "that a surprise quiz was coming."
a)
correct
b)
incorrect
27.
Choose the sentence with correct quotations and punctuation.
a)
 "rhonda said i love dogs?"
b)
 Rhonda said,  "i love dogs"
c)
 Rhonda said, "I love dogs."
d)
Rhonda said "I love dogs."
28.
Is this sentence written correctly? 
"The basketball game was great.  We won by twenty points!" exclaimed Mark.
a)
correct
b)
incorrect
29.
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.
a)
"Hi," Shelly replied, "my name is Shelly Rutt."
b)
Hi Shelly replied. My name is Shelly Rutt.
c)
"hi" Shelly replied "my name is Shelly Rutt
d)
Hi, Shelly replied "my name is Shelly Rutt."
30.
Which is punctuated correctly?
a)
"Hi." yelled Joey.
b)
"Hi, yelled Joey."
c)
"Hi!" yelled Joey.
d)
"Hi!" yelled Joey
31.
Is this sentence sentence written correctly?
Chad told me, "the movie begins at 7:30."
a)
Yes
b)
No
32.
Is this sentence written correctly? 
Jen said, "I love to debate."
a)
correct
b)
wrong
33.
Which sentence has proper punctuation & capitalization?
a)
Sandy screamed, "It's a snow day!"
b)
Sandy screamed it's a snow day!
c)
Sandy screamed, "it's a snow day!"
d)
Sandy screamed "It's a snow day!"
34.
What might happen if prose writers did not include speech tags along with their dialogue?
a)
Readers would be confused over who's speaking
b)
The dialogue would not represent the person or character's exact words
c)
They'd have to use word balloons instead
d)
Quotation marks would not be necessary
35.
Dialogue is
a)
a conversation between/amongst characters
b)
a verb
c)
when the narrator tells you what is happening in a story
d)
boring
36.
Put __________________ around a speaker's exact words.
a)
commas
b)
speaker tags
c)
quotation marks
d)
An indent
37.
_______________ the first word of a quotation and first word of each sentence.
a)
Indent
b)
Capitalize
c)
Underline
d)
Delete
38.
Is this sentence written correctly? 
"Dogs are the most amazing animals", said Mrs. Hutchens.
a)
correct
b)
incorrect
39.
Which of the following is true?
a)
    Change paragraphs every 5 sentences.
b)
Change paragraphs when someone different begins speaking.
c)
Change paragraphs after the topic sentence.
40.

What needs to be done to the following sentence to make it correct?

"Do we have a Team Meeting today" asked Mr. Jones.

a)

Comma after "today"

b)

Question mark after "today"

c)

Question mark after "Mr. Jones"

d)

Period after "today"

41.

What needs to be done to the following sentence to make it correct?

Mrs. Bois replied "Yes, it is scheduled during S.A.T. block."

a)

Comma after "yes"

b)

Question mark after "block"

c)

Period after "replied"

d)

Comma after "replied"

42.

What needs to be done to the following sentence to make it correct?

"I cannot wait to plan this year's Halloween costume" Ms. McNulty shouted.

a)

Comma after "costume"

b)

Exclamation point after "shouted"

c)

Exclamation point after "costume"

d)

Period after "costume"

43.

What needs to be done to the following sentence to make it correct? Choose all that apply.

"What should we all dress up as," Mrs. Langmead asked?

a)

Change the comma to a question mark after "as"

b)

Change the comma to a period after "as"

c)

Change the question mark to an exclamation point after "asked"

d)

Change the question mark to a period after "asked"

44.

What needs to be done to the following sentence to make it correct? Choose all that apply.

"I have such a good idea" Mr. J responded. "However, I don't want to spoil the surprise for the kids"

a)

Remove the period after "responded"

b)

Add a comma after "idea"

c)

Add a period after "kids" - inside the quotation mark

d)

Add a period after "kids" - outside the quotation mark

45.

What needs to be done to the following sentence to make it correct? Choose all that apply.

"Do I get to reuse my costume from last year" Ms. Panchuk asked.

"This year's idea was inspired by last year's princess dress" Mr. J replied.

a)

Add a comma after "dress"

b)

Add a question mark after "year"

c)

Add a comma after "year"

d)

Add a period after "dress" - inside the quotation mark

46.

Match the following dialogue tags to the speech utterance.

a)

Mrs. Langmead asked,

1.

"Who finds dialogue writing challenging?"

b)

Mr. J grumbled,

2.

"It is disappointing no one did their HW."

c)

Mr. Jones exclaimed,

3.

"Goooood morning, class!"

d)

Ms. Panchuk explained,

4.

"We will be reviewing rotations and transitions today."

47.

When writing dialogue and your speaker changes, what do you need to do to the following line of text?

a)

Skip a line

b)

Indent

c)

Bold it

d)

Italicize it

48.

Which option shows the correct dialogue punctuation?

a)

"I love Starbucks!" exclaimed Mrs. Stanley.

b)

"I love Starbucks"! exclaimed Mrs. Stanley.

49.

 

Which option shows the correct dialogue punctuation?

a)

"Can you help me"? asked the student.

b)

"Can you help me?" asked the student.

50.

 

Which option shows the correct dialogue punctuation?

a)

The teacher shouted, "It is time to be quiet!"

b)

The teacher shouted "it is time to be quiet"!

51.

 

Which option shows the correct dialogue punctuation?

a)

The teacher announced, "We are going to the book fair tomorrow!"

b)

The teacher announced "we are going to the book fair tomorrow"!

52.

Which option shows the correct dialogue punctuation?

a)

The student whined, "I wish it was a three day weekend."

b)

The student whined "I wish it was a three day weekend".

53.

Which option shows the correct dialogue punctuation?

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

a)

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

b)

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

54.
Dialogue is
a)
a conversation between/amongst characters
b)
a verb
c)
when the narrator tells you what is happening in a story
d)
boring
55.
Put __________________ around a speaker's exact words.
a)
commas
b)
speaker tags
c)
quotation marks
d)
An indent
56.
Which of the following are quotation marks?
a)
?
b)
"
c)
'
d)
,
57.
_______________ the first word of a quotation and first word of each sentence.
a)
Indent
b)
Capitalize
c)
Underline
d)
Delete
58.

True or False: When writing dialogue, all punctuation marks at the end of the quotation go inside the quotation marks.

a)

True

b)

False

59.
Which of the following is correct? 
a)
Jane said, "I really want to eat Cheetos."
b)
Jane said, "I really want to eat Cheetos".
c)
Jane said "I really want to eat Cheetos."
d)
Jane said, "I really want to eat Cheetos,"
60.

What dialogue tag would you use with this picture?

a)

groaned

b)

decided

c)

moaned

d)

giggled

61.

"Ouch! The dog bit me!" Susie _____.

a)

cried

b)

giggled

c)

whispered

d)

commanded

62.

"Shh, don't wake the baby up," her mother ______.

a)

sobbed

b)

whispered

c)

laughed

d)

stuttered

63.

"Where in the world are you going?" I ________ after my sister Elizabeth as she ran away from me.

a)

moaned

b)

wailed

c)

hollered

d)

said

64.

"Where is the Great Barrier Reef?" Alex ______ angrily to himself.

a)

wept

b)

wondered

c)

asked

d)

muttered

65.

"Woohoo! It's time for lunch!" Raju _____.

a)

exclaimed

b)

begged

c)

whimpered

d)

boomed

66.

"Today I will be teaching you how to change a bicycle tire," Mr. Brown __________ the class.

a)

sniggered

b)

instructed

c)

chimed

d)

whined

67.

What dialogue tag would you use with this picture?

a)

chattered

b)

bawled

c)

chuckled

d)

mumbled

68.

Which of the following answer choices uses dialogue?

a)

The fitness pacer test is a...

b)

"I want to go home," said Mr. Overstreet

c)

The students are all happy that this week is going by quickly.

d)

"My spelling words are challenging," declared Quentin.

69.

Which sentence is written correctly?

a)

"I don't have enough money," he told me.

b)

"What is going on here"? Mom asked.

70.

Which of these sentences is written correctly?

a)

When she walked into the store, she said, "Yikes, it's busy!"

b)

After listening to the question, Alex said "the answer is 9."

71.

Which sentence is written correctly?

a)

"stop what you are doing" the teacher yelled. "we are moving to another activity"!

b)

"Stop what you are doing," the teacher yelled, "we are moving to another activity!"

72.

Which sentences uses quotation marks correctly?

a)

Mike screamed, "Help me!"

b)

Mike screamed, "help me."

c)

Mike screamed. "Help me!"

73.

Pick the correct one.

a)

"That's not fair!" she whined.

b)

"That's not fair?" she whined.

c)

That's not fair, she whined.

74.

A tag....

a)

tells who is talking

b)

is what the person says

75.
Which sentence below uses quotation marks appropriately?
a)
Didn't she say our homework was due Friday?  asked Jackson.
b)
"Didn't she say our homework was due Friday?" asked Jackson.
c)
"Didn't she say our homework was due Friday? asked Jackson.
d)
"didn't she say our homework was due Friday?" asked Jackson.
76.
Which is correct? 
a)
"Run for your lives! yelled Andrew. 
b)
Run for your lives!" yelled Andrew. 
c)
"Run for your lives!" yelled Andrew. 
d)
Run for your lives! "yelled Andrew."
77.
Identify the dialogue tag in the following sentence:
Christian cried, "He's not playing fair!"
a)
Christian 
b)
Christian cried
c)
He's not
d)
playing fair
78.

Select ALL that apply...


Good dialogue should do what?

a)

Move the plot forward.

b)

Help to develop a character.

c)

Build drama or tension.

d)

Fill space.

79.

Correct or incorrect?

Miss Bailey yelled, "I miss you so much"!

a)

correct

b)

incorrect

80.

Correct or incorrect?

"I am eating my lunch?" said Mrs. Rickabaugh?

a)

Correct

b)

Incorrect

81.

When would dialogue be included in a story?

a)

When a character is thinking to him/herself

b)

When the narrator is speaking

c)

When two or more characters are talking to each other

82.

Where does punctuation ALWAYS go when using quotation marks?

a)

INSIDE

b)

OUTSIDE

83.

Which dialogue is correct?

a)

Jazmin and Jazmine said they would go to the store.

b)

Aubry whined, "Do I have to go?"

c)

Of course you do, said William.

d)

"Then Sidney said, Where is the store at?"

84.

Match the following

a)

Quotation Marks

1.

" ____"

b)

Tag

2.

said, yelled, explained

c)

period

3.

.

d)

Character

4.

Mr. White

e)

Comma

5.

,

85.

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

a)

The student whined, "I wish it was a three day weekend."

b)

The student whined "I wish it was a three day weekend."

86.

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

a)

"I want a ham and turkey sub on wheat bread," Jana ordered.

b)

I want a ham and turkey sub on wheat bread Jana ordered.

c)

"I want a ham and turkey sub on wheat bread, Jana ordered.

d)

I want a ham and turkey sub on wheat bread Jana ordered

87.

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

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

a)

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

b)

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

88.

Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

a)

"Hi," Shelly replied, "my name is Shelly Rutt."

b)

Hi Shelly replied. My name is Shelly Rutt.

c)

"Hi," Shelly replied, "My name is Shelly Rutt."

d)

Hi, Shelly replied "my name is Shelly Rutt."

89.
everyone i know shouted Mrs. Balkam has a fit bit now
a)
"Everyone I know," shouted Mrs. Balkam, "has a fit bit now!"
b)
"everyone I know" shouted Mrs. Balkam, "Has a fit bit now"!
c)
Everyone I know, shouted Mrs. Balkam has a fit bit now!
90.
Which of the following examples shows dialogue with a speech tag?
a)
"These pretzels are making me thirsty."
b)
RITA: These pretzels are making me thirsty.
c)
Rita mentioned that the pretzels were making her thirsty.
d)
"These pretzels are making me thirsty," Rita said.
91.

If you're writing a narrative that contains dialogue, when must you begin a new paragraph?

a)

Whenever a different character begins speaking.

b)

At the end of every sentence.

c)

Before every speech tag.

d)

After every comma.