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Features

  • Add the quotation marks and commas
  • Circle the sentence punctuated right
  • Circle the words the speaker says
  • Telling, asking, and shouting lines
  • Answer keys included

Skills Covered

  • Put quotation marks around what is said
  • Use a comma between the speaker and the words
  • Keep a question mark or an exclamation point inside
  • Find the spoken words

How to Use This Pack

Five worksheets that take turns through the activities. Pages 1 and 4: students write the quotation marks and commas in each line of dialogue. Pages 2 and 5: students circle the sentence with its marks in the right places. Page 3: students circle the words the speaker says. Every answer is worked out from the sentences themselves, and the answer keys mark each one.

In the Classroom

Turn a short comic strip into sentences with quotation marks: the speech bubbles show exactly which words go inside.

At Home

Write down something funny a family member said, with quotation marks around their exact words.

Tips for Success

  • Quotation marks go around the exact words
  • A comma comes before the opening mark: Mia said, "
  • The end mark goes inside the closing mark
  • Check the answer key

Quotation Marks in Dialogue

3rd Grade

Quotation marks and commas in dialogue, with the speaker before or after the words they say. Students add the marks, choose the sentence punctuated right, and find the words the speaker says.

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  • 5 worksheets
  • 5 answer key pages
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