Quotations in Writing

Which sentence below uses quotation marks appropriately?

• Have you seen the movie Inside Out?
• "Have you seen the movie," Inside Out?
• Have you seen the movie, "Inside Out?"
• Have you seen the movie, Inside Out?"

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which sentence below uses quotation marks appropriately?

• "Which store do you want to go to?" asked Marie.
• Which store do you want to go to?" asked Marie.
• "Which store do you want to go to? asked Marie.
• Which store do you want to go to? asked Marie.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which sentence below uses quotation marks appropriately?

• Where will you go? she asked.
• "Where will you go?" she asked.
• "Where will you go? she asked.
• Where will you go?" she asked.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which sentence below uses quotation marks appropriately?

• Didn't she say our homework was due Friday?  asked Jackson.
• "Didn't she say our homework was due Friday?" asked Jackson.
• "Didn't she say our homework was due Friday? asked Jackson.
• "didn't she say our homework was due Friday?" asked Jackson.

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Choose the sentence with correct quotations and punctuation.

•  "rhonda said i love dogs?"
•  Rhonda said,  "i love dogs"
•  Rhonda said, "I love dogs."

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Choose the sentence with correct quotations and punctuation.

• "Hello, Jack. How are you today?" said Jill.
• "Hello, Jack. How are you today. said Jill.
• Hello, "Jack. "How are you today?" said Jill.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Quotation marks
Which of these sentences has the quotation marks in the correct place.

• "I love to eat sardines"!  Peter yelled.
• "I love to eat sardines!" Peter yelled.
• "I love to eat sardines,"  Peter yelled.
• I love to eat sardines Peter yelled.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Choose the sentence that uses quotation marks correctly.

• Polly shouted, "I want a cracker!"
• Polly shouted, "I want a cracker."
• Polly shouted, "I want a cracker"!
• Polly shouted! "I want a cracker!"

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which one of these is correct?

• The text says, apples are good for you!
• The text says, "Apples are good for you".
• The text says, "Apples are good for you!"
• The text says "apples are good for you!"

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Is this sentence written correctly?
"Did Ben say, 'I will come to the party if you play the song "Just Dance" a few times'?" asked Abby.

• Yes
• No

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D