Punctuating Dialogue - Grade 3

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Students will identify correctly punctuated bits of dialogue and written speaking.
Stephanie Constantino
Quiz by Stephanie Constantino, updated more than 1 year ago
Stephanie Constantino
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Resource summary

Question 1

Question
When writing a dialogue, you must start a new line on the page each time a new character starts speaking.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 2

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The punctuation for the end of a sentence ALWAYS goes inside of the quotation marks.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 3

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No matter what, every sentence should end with a period, question mark, or exclamation point.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 4

Question
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
Answer
  • "I'm on my way home," said Molly.
  • "I'm on my way home" said Molly.
  • "I'm on my way home", said Molly.
  • "I'm on my way home." said Molly.

Question 5

Question
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
Answer
  • "I'm sorry," Meg said. "I won't make it to your party tomorrow."
  • "I'm sorry." Meg said. "I won't make it to your party tomorrow."
  • "I'm sorry" Meg said. "I won't make it to your party tomorrow."
  • "I'm sorry," Meg said "I won't make it to your party tomorrow."

Question 6

Question
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
Answer
  • "Where are you going?" my mom asked.
  • "Where are you going," my mom asked?
  • "Where are you going," my mom asked.
  • "Where are you going" my mom asked.

Question 7

Question
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
Answer
  • "I'm so excited!" shouted Adam.
  • "I'm so excited," shouted Adam!
  • "I'm so excited" shouted Adam.
  • "I'm so excited", shouted Adam.

Question 8

Question
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
Answer
  • "It's really fun," said Amy, "to play at the park."
  • "It's really fun," said Amy. "to play at the park."
  • "It's really fun" said Amy, "to play at the park."
  • "It's really fun," said Amy "to play at the park."

Question 9

Question
Which sentence is correctly punctuated?
Answer
  • "Let's get some lunch," said Tom. "After that, we'll head home."
  • "Let's get some lunch," said Tom, "After that, we'll head home."
  • "Let's get some lunch" said Tom. "After that, we'll head home."
  • "Let's get some lunch," said Tom "After that, we'll head home."

Question 10

Question
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Answer
  • "Let's welcome our new student," said Mrs. Hadley, "William."
  • "Let's welcome our new student," said Mrs. Hadley. "William."
  • "Let's welcome our new student" said Mrs. Hadley, "William."
  • "Let's welcome our new student?" said Mrs. Hadley, "William."
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