Dialogues : Speech Marks

"I don't like mushrooms." complained Markus.

• correct
• wrong speech marks
• wrong punctuation
• wrong capital letters

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

"Would you like to come with us?" asked Philip.

• correct
• wrong speech marks
• wrong punctuation
• wrong capital letters

My friend shouted, Come on!"

• correct
• wrong speech marks
• wrong punctuation
• wrong capital letters

Tags

CCSS.W.5.3B

"This book is really strange," whispered Markus.

• correct
• wrong speech marks
• wrong punctuation
• wrong capital letters

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

"A dragon!" yelled the princess.

• correct
• wrong speech marks
• wrong punctuation
• wrong capital letters

Tags

CCSS.W.5.3B

"yesterday I saw a flying squirrel," added Lina.

• correct
• wrong speech marks
• wrong punctuation
• wrong capital letters

Speech marks tell us...

• who is actually speaking

• what a person has said

• how loud someone is talking

• the way they are talking

Which of the following is a speech mark rule?

• You only need speech marks at the end of a conversation

• Only what someone actually says is within the speech marks

• The speech marks include the speaker

Use _____ to show that someone is speaking.

• periods

• commas

• speech marks

• question marks

Speech marks come at the beginning and end of a person's exact words.

• true

• false