Language Arts Grade 6-8

Language Arts: Dialogue Writing and Punctuation

Using quotation marks, commas, and dialogue tags correctly

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Language Arts: Dialogue Writing and Punctuation

Using quotation marks, commas, and dialogue tags correctly

Language Arts - Grade 6-8

Instructions: Read each problem carefully. Rewrite or complete each sentence using correct dialogue punctuation. Show your work in the space provided.
  1. 1

    Rewrite this sentence with correct dialogue punctuation: maya said I finished my homework

  2. 2

    Rewrite this sentence with correct dialogue punctuation: We should leave now said Jordan

  3. 3

    Rewrite this sentence with correct dialogue punctuation: Did you bring the tickets asked Elena

  4. 4

    Rewrite this sentence with correct dialogue punctuation: I cant believe we won shouted Amir

  5. 5

    Add a dialogue tag to this sentence and punctuate it correctly: "I will meet you after school"

  6. 6

    Add dialogue punctuation to this sentence with an interrupted tag: I forgot my notebook Liam said but I still have my pencil

  7. 7

    Rewrite this sentence correctly: Sara whispered, "please be quiet"

  8. 8

    Turn this into one correctly punctuated sentence of dialogue: Noah said he was ready. then he said lets start

  9. 9

    Write one sentence of dialogue in which a character asks a question about homework. Use correct quotation marks and a dialogue tag.

  10. 10

    Write one sentence of dialogue in which a character gives an excited response. Use correct punctuation.

  11. 11

    Rewrite this sentence using correct punctuation and capitalization: "where are you going" asked mr lee

  12. 12

    Write two lines of dialogue between two characters about a lost backpack. Punctuate both lines correctly.

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