Dialogue

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

"Do we have a homework today" asked Barry.

• Comma after "today"

• Question mark after "today"

• Question mark after "Barry"

• Full stop after "today"

 

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

Bertha replied "Yes, it is due tomorrow."

• Comma after "yes"

• Question mark after "tomorrow"

• Full stop after "replied"

• Comma after "replied"

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

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

• Comma after "costume"

• Exclamation mark after "shouted"

• Exclamation mark after "costume"

• Full stop after "costume"

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

"What should we all dress up as," Trevor asked.

• Change the comma to a question mark after "as"

• Change the comma to a full stop after "as"

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

• Change the question mark to a full stop after "asked"

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

"I have such a good idea" Barry responded. "However, I don't want to spoil the surprise."

• Remove the full stop after "responded"

• Add a comma after "idea"

• Remove the full stop after "surprise" - inside the quotation mark

• Add a full stop after "surprise" - outside the quotation mark

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

• Carry on the same line

• Italicize it

• Start a new line

• Bold it

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

"Do I get to reuse my costume from last year?" Trevor asked.

"This year's idea was inspired by last year's dress" Bertha replied.

• Add a comma after "dress"

• Remove the question mark after "year"

• Add a comma after "year"

• Add a full stop after "dress" - inside the quotation mark