What is the CORRECT way to write the sentence below as a direct quotation?
Don't forget your jacket mom reminded me.
Commas with Quotations

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English
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8th Grade
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Hard
Sarah Williams
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
"Don't forge your jacket mom reminded me."
"Don't forget your jacket, Mom reminded me."
"Don't forget your jacket" Mom reminded me.
"Don't forget your jacket," Mom reminded me.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which is correct?
"Noah, how are you doing?" she asked.
"Noah, how are you doing? she asked.",
Noah, how are you doing? "she asked."
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Put __________________ around a speaker's exact words.
commas
speaker tags
quotation marks
An indent
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Commas and periods always go inside the closing quotation marks.
Which sentence uses quotation marks correctly?
"Rhonda said, I love dogs."
Rhonda said, "I love dogs".
Rhonda said, "I love dogs."
Rhonda said "I love dogs".
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
When a dialogue tag interrupts a quoted sentence, begin the second part of the quotation with a lowercase letter.
Is this sentence written correctly?
"Yes," Roger agreed, "it's too late to worry about that now."
Yes
No
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Choose the one sentence that is punctuated correctly (check for proper use of quotation marks, apostrophes, commas, periods, question marks, and capital letters):
This week said Mr. Locascio we will study the civilization of ancient Egypt.
“This week” said Mr. Locascio “we will study the civilization of ancient Egypt.”
“This week,” said Mr. Locascio, “We will study the civilization of ancient Egypt.”
“This week,” said Mr. Locascio, “we will study the civilization of ancient Egypt.”
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the correct way to punctuate the following sentence with quotations? The teacher said I will be absent tomorrow.
A) The teacher said, I will be absent tomorrow.
B) The teacher said, 'I will be absent tomorrow.'
C) 'The teacher said, I will be absent tomorrow.'
D) The teacher said 'I will be absent tomorrow.'
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