Test your knowledge: Quotation marks in dialogue Grade 3 quiz

📚 Quick Study Guide: Quotation Marks

• 🗣️ What they are: Quotation marks look like two little floating commas (" ") and are used to show the exact words someone says.
• 📜 When to use them: Use quotation marks when you write down what a person, animal, or even an object (in a story!) is speaking aloud.
• ✏️ Placement: Always put the quotation marks right around the words that are spoken, and nothing else.
• 🛑 Punctuation Inside: Commas and periods almost always go inside the closing quotation mark. For example: "I like ice cream," she said.
• ⬆️ Capitalization: The first word inside the quotation marks should start with a capital letter, just like the beginning of a sentence.
• 💬 Dialogue Tags: Words like "said," "asked," or "whispered" are called dialogue tags. They tell you who is speaking.
• 🔗 Connecting Tags: If the dialogue tag comes after the spoken words, use a comma before the closing quotation mark: "Let's play," he suggested.

✍️ Practice Quiz: Quotation Marks in Dialogue

1. Which sentence correctly uses quotation marks?

1. "I want to go outside", shouted Lily.
2. "I want to go outside!" shouted Lily.
3. "I want to go outside!" shouted Lily".
4. I want to go "outside!" shouted Lily.

2. Where should the quotation marks be placed in this sentence? The boy said I am hungry.

1. The boy said "I am hungry".
2. The boy said "I am hungry."
3. "The boy said I am hungry."
4. The boy said I "am hungry".

3. Choose the sentence with the correct punctuation.

1. "Can we read a story?" asked Mom.
2. "Can we read a story"? asked Mom.
3. "Can we read a story" asked Mom?
4. Can we read a story? "asked Mom".

4. Which part of the sentence should be inside quotation marks? Sarah whispered I have a secret.

1. Sarah whispered "I have a secret."
2. "Sarah whispered" I have a secret.
3. Sarah whispered I have "a secret."
4. "Sarah whispered I have a secret."

5. Complete the sentence with the correct punctuation: "It's time for bed" said Dad.

1. "It's time for bed," said Dad.
2. "It's time for bed". said Dad.
3. "It's time for bed"! said Dad.
4. "It's time for bed" said Dad. (No change)

6. In a sentence, the first word inside quotation marks should always be:

1. Lowercase
2. Italicized
3. Capitalized
4. Bold

7. Which sentence correctly shows someone speaking?

1. "The cat purred, I want food."
2. The cat purred, "I want food."
3. The cat purred "I want food".
4. "The cat purred" I want food.