Use commas and quotation marks in dialogue

Worksheet by Stacy Trollinger
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Subjects
ELA
Grades
10 , 11 , 12 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9
Language
ENG
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Look at the sentence.I told my grandma I feel like Judy Moody today. I'm in a bad mood.What's the right way to include quotation marks and commas in this sentence? I told my grandma, "I feel like Judy Moody today. I'm in a bad mood". I told my grandma", I feel like Judy Moody today. I'm in a bad mood." I told my grandma, "I feel like Judy Moody today. I'm in a bad mood." I told my grandma "I feel like Judy Moody today. I'm in a bad mood," Look at the sentence.Next summer Karin said we're going to Washington, D.C. for our family vacation.What's the right way to include quotation marks and commas in this sentence? "Next summer" Karin said, "we're going to Washington, D.C. for our family vacation." "Next summer," Karin said, "we're going to Washington, D.C. for our family vacation." "Next summer, Karin said "we're going to Washington, D.C. for our family vacation." "Next summer," Karin said, we're going to Washington, D.C. for our family vacation." Which sentence is incorrectly punctuated? "Mrs. Smith's Third Grade Newsletter" is the paper my teacher sends home every Friday. Our class has a newsletter called "Mrs. Smith's Third Grade Newsletter." I love to read my copy of "Mrs. Smith's Third Grade Newsletter." My teacher sends home our class newsletter called Mrs. Smith's Third Grade Newsletter. Look at the following sentence.Dad said, You can stay up until nine o'clock, but not later.Where should the quotation marks go? Select the answer choice with the correctly punctuated sentence. "Dad said, You can stay up until nine o'clock, but not later." "Dad said," You can stay up until nine o'clock, but not later. Dad said, "You can stay up until nine o'clock," but not later. Dad said, "You can stay up until nine o'clock, but not later." Fill in the blanks with the correct punctuation mark.My favorite song is _All Summer_. a period a comma a quotation mark a dash The following sentence hasincorrectpunctuation:I love to go horseback riding stated SammySelect the correct way this sentence should be written. I love to go horseback riding stated Sammy. I love to go horseback riding, stated Sammy. "I love to go horseback riding," stated Sammy. "I love to go horseback riding, stated Sammy." Fill in the blank with the correct punctuation.My sister yelled_ "Good luck on your game!" a period a comma a quotation mark a dash Which answer uses speech tags and commas the right way? Hiccup said. "Toothless has bad breath after a meal of fish," "Toothless, don't blow up my house," Hiccup begged. "We've been friends since I was 15." Hiccup said, to Toothless. Hiccup, said "I will not fight with dragons." What punctuation is needed in the blanks?The team captain said, "The coach told us, _We can win this game if we play hard,_ so good luck team!" double quotation marks single quotation marks parentheses commas Read the following dialogue. Which sentence uses commas the wrong punctuation?(1) Jenna said to her coach, "I've made goals so I'll have a great swim season."(2) Her coach replied, "I'd like to hear what your goals are."(3) "One of my goals," said Jenna, "is to go to Nationals."(4) "Wow, that's a great goal," the coach cried. Sentence 1 Sentence 2 Sentence 3 Sentence 4

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