How to Punctuate Dialogue

Which of these is punctuated correctly?

• "I suppose," I added, "that I don't have a preference where we eat for dinner."

• "I suppose." I added! "That I don't have a preference where we eat for dinner."

• "I suppose" I added "that I don't have a preference where we eat for dinner."

• None of these are correct

Only the _______ go inside of quotation marks.

• exclamatory words

• exact words

• thoughts of a character

• main character's speech

When writing dialogue in stories, always be sure to include...

• Punctuation

• Indentation

• Capitalization

• All of these should be included.

Which of these contains a dialogue tag?

• "Let's get out of here!"

• "There's no place like home."

• "Let's get out of here," they yelled.

• "Luke, I am your father."

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

• Comma after "today"

• Question mark after "today"

• Question mark after "Mr. Jones"

• Period after "today"

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

Mrs. Bois replied "Yes, it is scheduled during S.A.T. block."

• Comma after "yes"

• Question mark after "block"

• Period after "replied"

• Comma after "replied"

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

"I have such a good idea" Mr. J responded. "However, I don't want to spoil the surprise for the kids"

• Remove the period after "responded"

• Add a comma after "idea"

• Add a period after "kids" - inside the quotation mark

• Add a period after "kids" - outside the quotation mark

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

• Add a comma after "dress"

• Add a question mark after "year"

• Add a comma after "year"

• Add a period after "dress" - inside the quotation mark

The following dialogue is out of order. Reorder it. Hint: Pay attention to the punctuation and capitalization. They are your clues!

• the student confidently said to themselves.

• "I know exactly how to punctuate it."

• "Dialogue is easy,"

• "That is wonderful to hear!"

• their teacher responded enthusiastically.

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

• Comma after "costume"

• Exclamation point after "shouted"

• Exclamation point after "costume"

• Period after "costume"