Test Questions on Dialogue Punctuation: 5th Grade ELA Assessment

📚 Quick Study Guide

• 💬 Dialogue is a conversation between two or more characters.
• 🗣️ Use quotation marks (“ ”) to show when a character is speaking.
• ✏️ Start a new paragraph each time a different character speaks.
• ✍️ Punctuation (periods, commas, question marks, exclamation points) goes INSIDE the quotation marks.
• 👉 Use a comma to separate dialogue from the speaker tag (e.g., “Hello,” she said.).
• ❗ Use a capital letter to begin a direct quote.
• ❓ If a question is part of the dialogue, put the question mark inside the quotation marks.

📝 Practice Quiz

1. Which sentence uses correct dialogue punctuation?
   1. “What time is it?” she asked.
   2. “What time is it”? she asked.
   3. “What time is it? she asked.
   4. What time is it? she asked.
2. Choose the sentence with the correct punctuation:
   1. “I love to read”, he exclaimed.
   2. “I love to read!” he exclaimed.
   3. “I love to read!” He exclaimed.
   4. I love to read! he exclaimed.
3. Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly?
   1. “Are we there yet”? asked Timmy.
   2. “Are we there yet?” asked Timmy.
   3. “Are we there yet? asked Timmy.
   4. Are we there yet? asked Timmy.
4. Which sentence correctly uses quotation marks?
   1. She said, “I am going to the store.”
   2. She said “I am going to the store”.
   3. She said, “I am going to the store."
   4. She said, I am going to the store.
5. Select the sentence that demonstrates correct dialogue punctuation:
   1. “That is amazing!” she said with joy.
   2. “That is amazing!” She said with joy.
   3. “That is amazing! she said with joy.
   4. That is amazing! she said with joy.
6. Which sentence correctly shows a character speaking?
   1. “Can you help me?” asked John.
   2. “Can you help me? asked John.
   3. Can you help me? asked John.
   4. “Can you help me.” asked John?
7. Choose the sentence with correct punctuation for dialogue:
   1. “I don't know,” she replied.
   2. “I don't know!” she replied.
   3. “I don't know” she replied.
   4. I don't know she replied.