Quotation Marks Quiz

What are quotation marks used for in dialogue?

• To separate different speakers in a conversation.

• To highlight important words or phrases.

• To indicate the thoughts of a character.

• To indicate the exact words spoken by a person.

Which of the following is an example of direct speech using quotation marks? a) She said that she was tired. b) He asked if I wanted to go to the park. c) "I love ice cream," said Sarah.

• c

• d

• b

• a

True or False: Quotation marks are always placed around the dialog tag in a sentence.

• False

• Only in certain cases

• Sometimes

• True

What punctuation mark is used to separate the dialogue from the rest of the sentence? a) Comma b) Period c) Question mark

• b) Exclamation mark

• c) Colon

• d) Semicolon

• a) Comma

Which of the following sentences uses quotation marks correctly? a) "I can't believe it!" exclaimed John. b) "I can't believe it"! exclaimed John. c) "I can't believe it, exclaimed John!" d)none of the above

• a

• d

• c

• b

Which sentence has correct punctuation? Read carefully!

• “I like to play video games,” said Jax.

• I like to play video games said Jax

• ”I like to play video games”, said Jax.

• “I like to play video games” said Jax.

Which sentence has correct punctuation? Read carefully!

• “I love playing softball”! exclaimed Callie.

• “I love playing softball!” exclaimed Callie.

• I love playing softball exclaimed Callie.

• “I love playing softball” said Callie.

Which sentence has correct punctuation? Read carefully!

• Football is my favorite sport said Kenny.

• “Football is my favorite sport,” said Kenny.

• ”Football is my favorite sport” said Kenny

• “Football is my favorite sport”, said Kenny.

Identify the dialog tag in the sentence below:

Roger said, "I love playing tennis!"

• I love playing

• Roger said

• playing tennis

Which sentence has correct punctuation? Read carefully!

• I prefer drawing replied Teegan.

• “I prefer drawing replied Teegan.”

• “I prefer drawing, replied Teegan.

• “I prefer drawing,” replied Teegan.