Quotation Marks Practice

Choose the correct use of quotation marks in this sentence:

Chapter 6 of Treasure Island is titled The Captain’s Papers.

• Chapter 6 of Treasure Island is titled The Captain’s Papers.

• Chapter 6 of Treasure Island is titled "The Captain’s Papers."

• "Chapter 6" of Treasure Island is titled The Captain’s Papers.

• Chapter 6 of "Treasure Island is titled The Captain’s Papers."

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Choose the correct use of quotation marks in this sentence:

Which character in the novel kept repeating pieces of eight?

• "Which character in the novel" kept repeating pieces of eight?

• Which character in the novel kept repeating pieces of eight?

• Which character in the "novel" kept repeating pieces of eight?

• Which character in the novel kept repeating "pieces of eight"?

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Choose the correct use of quotation marks in this sentence:

The Sinking Ship” is a fable by Robert Louis Stevenson.

• The Sinking Ship” is a fable by "Robert Louis Stevenson."

• "The Sinking Ship” is a fable by Robert Louis Stevenson.

• The Sinking Ship is a fable by Robert Louis Stevenson.

• The Sinking Ship” is a fable by Robert Louis Stevenson.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Choose the correct use of quotation marks in this sentence:

Who is your favorite author? the students asked their

teacher.

• "Who is your favorite author?" the students asked their

  teacher.

• Who is your favorite author? the students asked their

  teacher.

• Who is your favorite author? "the students asked their

  teacher."

• "Who is your favorite author? the students asked their

  teacher."

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Choose the correct use of quotation marks in this sentence:

Keesha replied, I haven’t decided yet, and it’s due next month.

• Keesha replied, I haven’t decided yet, and it’s due "next month."

• "Keesha" replied, I haven’t decided yet, and it’s due next month.

• Keesha replied, I haven’t decided yet, and it’s due next month.

• Keesha replied, "I haven’t decided yet," and it’s due next month.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Choose the correct use of quotation marks in this story:

“Oh, said Erika, “I’m writing about a short story.

• Oh, said Erika, “I’m writing about a short story."

• “Oh," said Erika, I’m writing about a short story.

• “Oh," said Erika, “I’m writing about a short story."

• “Oh, said Erika, “I’m writing about a short story.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Choose the correct use of quotation marks in this sentence:

Just then, the girls heard the song Change come on the radio, so they stopped

talking and began singing along.

• "Just then, the girls heard the song Change come on the radio, so they stopped"

  talking and began singing along.

• Just then, the girls heard the "song Change" come on the radio, so they stopped

  talking and began singing along.

• Just then, the girls heard the song Change come on the radio, so they stopped

  talking and began singing along.

• Just then, the girls heard the song "Change" come on the radio, so they stopped

  talking and began singing along.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Choose the correct use of quotation marks in this sentence:

When the song ended, Keesha said, I’ve got a great idea!

• When the song ended, Keesha said, "I’ve got a great idea!"

• When the song ended, "Keesha said, I’ve got a great idea!"

• "When the song ended," Keesha said, I’ve got a great idea!

• When the song ended, Keesha said, I’ve got a great idea!

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Choose the correct use of quotation marks for this sentence:

Let’s ask, she added, if we can write the paper about a song we like.

• Let’s ask, she added, if we can write the paper about a song we like.

• "Let’s ask", she added", if we can write the paper about a song we like."

• "Let’s ask, she added, if we can write the paper about a song we like."

• "Let’s ask," she added, "if we can write the paper about a song we like."

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Choose the correct use of quotation marks in this sentence:

My grandparents enjoy old songs like Yesterday by the Beatles.

• My grandparents enjoy old songs like Yesterday by the Beatles.

• My grandparents enjoy old songs like Yesterday "by the Beatles."

• "My grandparents enjoy old songs like Yesterday by the Beatles."

• My grandparents enjoy old songs like "Yesterday" by the Beatles.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D