Quotation Marks worksheet 1

 

  1. Use quotation marks at the beginning and at the end of a direct quotation.

“How can one person,” wondered Al, “be so messy?”

  1. Place question marks and exclamation points inside quotation marks if they belong to the quotation itself, but place them outside if they do not belong to the quotation.

Did I hear you say, “I’m too tired to play”?

Brad asked, “Has everyone left already?”

 

Special rules for titles:

  1. Use quotation marks to enclose chapter titles; titles of magazine articles, short stories, essays, and single poems; titles of television and radio programs; and titles of songs or short pieces of music.

Underline titles of whole books, plays, magazines, newspapers, etc.  In print these titles are set in italics.

                                    I enjoyed the first chapter of The Hobbit, entitled “An Unexpected Visitor.”

 

Directions: Rewrite the following sentences. Add quotation marks. Circle what you add.

 

  1. Do you really believe in ESP asked Tammy
  2. Did Lillian say I’ll be at the pool soon
  3. The cashier asked Will there be anything else
  4. Call me when you finish said Ms. Walters
  5. Kevin replied I am finished now

 

6.  Take the game home Sally said generously you can keep it

7.  How much does this spray cost Bonita inquired is it guaranteed to repel mosquitoes

  1. Are you ready said Bryan I’ll time you
  2. Where did you go Juanita asked I couldn’t find you
  3. The other way Hector insisted is much shorter

 

  1. God Save the Queen and America have the same melody.
  2. Two of Jack’s favorite programs are The Today Show and Hill Street Blues.
  3. We read the novel The Call of the Wild and the short story Brown Wolf by Jack London.
  4. Old Man River is a song from the musical Showboat.
  5. My favorite poem is The Revolt of the Machines by Stephen Vincent Benet.