Practice writing and punctuating dialogue clearly with correct quotation marks, commas, end punctuation, and dialogue tags.
Read each problem carefully. Rewrite or complete each sentence using correct dialogue punctuation. Show your work in the space provided.
Using quotation marks, commas, and dialogue tags correctly
Language Arts - Grade 6-8
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Rewrite this sentence with correct dialogue punctuation: maya said I finished my homework
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Rewrite this sentence with correct dialogue punctuation: We should leave now said Jordan
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Rewrite this sentence with correct dialogue punctuation: Did you bring the tickets asked Elena
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Rewrite this sentence with correct dialogue punctuation: I cant believe we won shouted Amir
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Add a dialogue tag to this sentence and punctuate it correctly: "I will meet you after school"
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Add dialogue punctuation to this sentence with an interrupted tag: I forgot my notebook Liam said but I still have my pencil
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Rewrite this sentence correctly: Sara whispered, "please be quiet"
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Turn this into one correctly punctuated sentence of dialogue: Noah said he was ready. then he said lets start
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Write one sentence of dialogue in which a character asks a question about homework. Use correct quotation marks and a dialogue tag.
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Write one sentence of dialogue in which a character gives an excited response. Use correct punctuation.
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Rewrite this sentence using correct punctuation and capitalization: "where are you going" asked mr lee
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Write two lines of dialogue between two characters about a lost backpack. Punctuate both lines correctly.