Punctuation in Dialogue

Which of the options below is correct?

• "I'm so hungry," I could eat a whole hippo! insisted Liam.

• "I'm so hungry I could eat a whole hippo!" insisted Liam.

• "I'm so hungry I could eat a whole hippo! Insisted Liam."

• I'm so hungry, "I could eat a whole hippo!" Insisted Liam.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the options below is correct?

• Maybe I don't like hamburgers, Darcy said, "but I sure do like tacos."

• "Maybe I don't like hamburgers, Darcy said, But I sure do like tacos."

• "Maybe I don't like hamburgers, Darcy said, but I sure do like tacos."

• "Maybe I don't like hamburgers," Darcy said, "but I sure do like tacos."

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Should commas be placed INSIDE the quotation marks or OUTSIDE the quotation marks?

• inside

• outside

Tags

CCSS.L.2.2B

CCSS.L.3.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which of the options below is correct?

• Emily begged, "Can I please have a smoothie after dinner?"

• "Emily begged, "Can I please have a smoothie after dinner?"

• Emily begged "Can I please have a smoothie after dinner?"

• Emily begged, "Can I please have a smoothie after dinner"?

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.8.1C

Which of the options below is correct?

• Titus, his mother said happily, "that was the funniest thing I've heard all day!"

• "Titus," his mother said happily "that was the funniest thing I've heard all day."

• "Titus, his mother said happily, that was the funniest thing I've heard all day!"

• "Titus," his mother said happily, "that was the funniest thing I've heard all day!"

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

What part of a sentence with dialogue should be surrounded by quotation marks?

• The whole thing

• The part that IS said out loud

• The part that ISN'T said out loud

• It depends

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the options below is correct?

• The woman at the counter asked quietly, "Do you have any books about psychology?"

• "The woman at the counter asked quietly, do you have any books about psychology?"

• The woman at the counter asked quietly, "Do you have any books about psychology."

• The woman at the counter asked quietly. "Do you have any books about psychology?"

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

#8. Which of the options below is correct?

• "Tomorrow, there will be a spelling quiz and a math test" our teacher reminded.

• "Tomorrow, there will be a spelling quiz and a math test." Our teacher reminded.

• "Tomorrow, there will be a spelling quiz and a math test," our teacher reminded.

• "Tomorrow, there will be a spelling quiz and a math test, our teacher reminded."

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

True or False? If nothing in a sentence is said out loud, you don't need any quotation marks.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the below options is correct?

• Mom told us "that she needed to go to the grocery store."

• Mom told us that she needed to go to the grocery store.

• Mom told us, "that she needed to go to the grocery store."

• Mom told us that, "she needed to go to the grocery store."

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A