Punctuating Dialogue and Places in a Sentence

What punctuation mark is used to indicate the beginning and end of dialogue in a sentence?

• exclamation mark

• quotation mark

• comma

• apostrophe

When a character's dialogue is followed by a speaker tag, where should the comma be placed?

• Before the dialogue, before the opening quotation mark

• After the dialogue, before the closing quotation mark

• After the dialogue, after the closing quotation mark

• Before the dialogue, after the opening quotation mark

In the sentence, 'I can't believe we're going to the beach,' where should the comma be placed?

• after the word 'believe'

• before the word 'we're'

• after the word 'to'

• after the word 'going'

Which punctuation mark is used to separate the city from the state in a sentence?

• -

• ,

• !

• .

In the sentence, 'She lives in Paris, France,' where should the comma be placed?

• After 'Paris'

• After 'in Paris'

• Before 'in'

• After 'lives'

When a sentence ends with a question mark or exclamation point, where should the punctuation be placed in relation to the closing quotation mark?

• At the beginning of the sentence

• Inside the closing quotation mark

• Outside the closing quotation mark

• It doesn't matter

What punctuation mark is used to indicate the end of a sentence that includes dialogue?

• !

• ,

• .

• ?

In the sentence, 'I can't wait to visit London,' where should the comma be placed?

• after 'wait'

• before 'I'

• after 'to'

• after 'London'

When a sentence ends with a period, where should the punctuation be placed in relation to the closing quotation mark?

• At the beginning of the sentence

• Next to the nearest comma

• Outside the closing quotation mark

• Inside the closing quotation mark

What punctuation mark is used to indicate the end of a sentence that includes a city and state?

• !

• ?

• ,

• .