Commas and Quotation Marks in Dialogue
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Objective
I can correctly punctuate direct speech and quotations using commas and quotation marks.
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Key concepts
3 concepts
- 1
Quotation marks are used to surround the exact words a person says.
- 2
When a direct quote comes after the speaker, a comma is placed before the opening quotation marks; when the quote comes before the speaker, the comma is placed inside the closing quotation marks.
- 3
If a sentence in quotations is a question or an exclamation, the appropriate punctuation mark goes inside the quotation marks instead of a comma.
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Practice
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Which of the following sentences correctly uses quotation marks and a comma to indicate direct speech?
Rewrite the following sentence, adding the necessary punctuation to correctly indicate direct speech: My mom always says treat others how you want to be treated.
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“Correctly punctuate the following sentence using quotation marks and commas: My mom asked are you having fun”
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