Examples of quotation marks in sentences for Grade 2.

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 💬 Quotation marks look like this: “ ”.
• 🗣️ We use them to show exactly what someone is saying.
• ✍️ Put them at the beginning and end of the speaker's words.
• ✏️ If someone else is talking, we start a new line and use quotation marks again.
• 💡 Remember to use a comma before the first quotation mark if you are introducing who is speaking!

Practice Quiz

1. Which sentence uses quotation marks correctly?
   1. "Hello" said the teacher.
   2. Hello, said the teacher.
   3. "Hello," said the teacher.
2. Where do quotation marks go in this sentence: The dog barked woof woof?
   1. "The dog barked woof woof".
   2. "The dog barked, woof woof".
   3. "Woof woof," barked the dog.
3. Choose the sentence with correct punctuation inside the quotation marks.
   1. She asked, "Are we there yet"?
   2. She asked, "Are we there yet?"
   3. She asked, "Are we there yet"!
4. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
   1. "I love to read"! said Mary.
   2. "I love to read!" said Mary.
   3. I love to read! said Mary.
5. What do quotation marks show?
   1. The title of a book.
   2. What someone is saying.
   3. A list of items.
6. Which of these sentences uses quotation marks correctly?
   1. The cat said, "Meow".
   2. The cat said Meow.
   3. The cat said, "Meow"!
7. Which sentence is missing quotation marks?
   1. He said, "I am happy."
   2. She asked, "Can we play?"
   3. They went to the park.