Five worksheets that take turns through the activities. Pages 1 and 4: students write the quotation marks and commas, with the speaker before, after, or in the middle. Pages 2 and 5: students decide whether each sentence gives the speaker's own words or tells what was said. Page 3: students circle the sentence with its marks in the right places. Every answer is worked out from the sentences themselves, and the answer keys mark each one.
Have students rewrite an indirect sentence ("Mom said that she was hungry") as direct speech, then the other way.
Write a short conversation from dinner as dialogue, with the marks in the right places.
Quotation marks and commas for a speaker's exact words, including a quote split by its speaker. Students add the marks, tell direct speech from indirect, and choose the sentence punctuated right.
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