Grade 2 Quotation Mark Quiz with Answers

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 💬 Quotation marks go around the exact words someone says.
• 🔑 Use them when writing dialogue in stories.
• ✏️ Remember to put punctuation (like periods and commas) inside the quotation marks.
• 🛑 Start a new paragraph when a different person speaks.

Practice Quiz

1. What do we use quotation marks for?
   1. To show excitement.
   2. To show the exact words someone says.
   3. To end a sentence.


2. Which sentence uses quotation marks correctly?
   1. She said, "I am happy!"
   2. She said I am happy!
   3. She said, I am happy!


3. Where does the comma go in this sentence: He asked are we there yet?
   1. He asked, "are we there yet?"
   2. He asked "are we there yet?",
   3. "He asked are we there yet?"


4. What punctuation usually goes inside the quotation marks?
   1. Exclamation points and question marks.
   2. Periods and commas.
   3. Both A and B.


5. Which of these is an example of dialogue?
   1. The cat sat on the mat.
   2. "Hello," said the friendly dog.
   3. Birds fly in the sky.


6. What do you do when a different person starts talking in a story?
   1. Keep writing on the same line.
   2. Start a new paragraph.
   3. Use a different color.


7. Which sentence is missing quotation marks?
   1. "I love pizza!" he exclaimed.
   2. She asked, "Can we go to the park?"
   3. My favorite color is blue she said.