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.

My mom always says, "Treat others how you want to be treated."

Correct the punctuation in the following sentence: 'That's amazing' he exclaimed.

"'That's amazing,' he exclaimed."

After 'sure' and inside the quotation marks.

Grade 9th Grade · ELA · 45 min· Ccss.ela-literacy.l.4.2b

I can correctly punctuate direct speech and quotations using commas and quotation marks.

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Quotation Marks - Language Arts for Kids!

3 key 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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“Correctly punctuate the following sentence using quotation marks and commas: My mom asked are you having fun”

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