Dialogue Writing

Q1) Complete the following dialogue with the given options.

Chris: Hi there! Why are you in such a hurry?

Arun: Oh hi Chris! (a)_______________.

Chris: Oh dear! Is there any problem? (b)_____________.

Arun: My wallet has been stolen. I should have been careful.

• (a) I am rushing to the police station to make a report.

  (b) I hope its nothing serious.

• (a) I am rushing to the hospital, I cut my finger while chopping wood.

  (b) I hope you are all-right.

• (a) I missed by train and I have to attend an important business trip.

  (a) I can give you a lift.

What should you use before and after the speaker's exact words when writing dialogue?

• Parentheses

• Quotation marks

• Italics

• Brackets

When should you start a new paragraph in dialogue?

• When the dialogue is too long

• When adding a description

• When switching speakers

• When the topic changes

Select the properly punctuated sentence with dialogue for: "I did not do my homework admitted Jamal"

• "I did not do my homework," admitted Jamal.

• I did not do my homework, admitted Jamal.

• I did not do my homework "admitted Jamal."

• "I did not do my homework admitted Jamal."

How should the sentence "Carlos whispered Turn off the lights" be punctuated to correctly format the dialogue?

• "Carlos whispered Turn off the lights."

• Carlos whispered, "Turn off the lights."

• "Carlos whispered, Turn off the lights."

• Carlos whispered "Turn off the lights."

When should a new paragraph be started in dialogue?

• When the dialogue is too long

• When a different person starts speaking

• After every sentence

• At the beginning of a conversation

What punctuation mark is used to separate the speaker from the quote?

• Period

• Exclamation point

• Comma

• Colon

Where should periods, question marks, and exclamation points be placed when they are part of the dialogue?

• Outside the quotation marks

• Inside the quotation marks

• Before the quotation marks

• No punctuation is needed

When using a comma to separate the speaker from the quote, where should you place the period?

• Before the comma

• After the comma

• At the beginning of the sentence

• At the end of the sentence

Choose the correct punctuation for the dialogue in the sentence: "The teacher announced The quiz will be tomorrow."

• The teacher announced, "The quiz will be tomorrow."

• "The teacher announced The quiz will be tomorrow."

• The teacher announced "The quiz will be tomorrow".

• The teacher announced "The quiz will be tomorrow."