Can You Really Identify Quotation Marks? Quiz
Quotation marks or inverted commas often called as quote marks or speech marks are punctuation marks that are used in a phrase or quotation. You have to identify and correctly punctuate sentences using quotation marks. This includes the speaker's tag at the beginning and end of a sentence and interrupted quotations. Read the questions carefully and answer. All the best!
- 1.Choose the sentence in which the quotation is correctly punctuated.
- A.
"What if," my father worried, "I can't find the car keys?"
- B.
What if my father worred, "I can't find the car keys?"
- C.
"What if," my father worried "I can't find the car keys."
- 2.Choose the sentence in which the quotation is correctly punctuated.
- A.
"Is it easier," I asked, "for me to come to your house?"
- B.
"Is it easier" I asked, "for me to come to your house?"
- C.
Is it easier, I asked, "for me to come to your house?"
- 3.Choose the sentence in which the quotation is correctly punctuated.
- A.
"Do you want to play baseball during recess," Bob asked.
- B.
"Do you want to play baseball during recess?" Bob asked.
- C.
"Do you want to play baseball during recess? Bob asked.
- 4.Choose the sentence in which the quotation is correctly punctuated.
- A.
"This movie," Robin said "is really exciting."
- B.
"This movie" Robin said, "is really exciting."
- C.
"This movie," Robin said, "is really exciting."
- 5.Choose the sentence in which the quotation is correctly punctuated.
- A.
"Do not," the museum guide warned, "touch the displays."
- B.
Do not the museum guide warned, "touch the displays."
- C.
"Do not" the museum guide warned, "Touch the displays."
- 6.Choose the sentence in which the quotation is correctly punctuated.
- A.
Captain Lee said, "My next voyage will be to the Bahamas."
- B.
Captain Lee said, "my next voyage will be to the Bahamas."
- C.
Captain Lee said "My next voyage will be to the Bahamas."
- 7.Choose the sentence in which the quotation is correctly punctuated.
- A.
Simone asked, "Did you just get home?"
- B.
Simone asked "Did you just get home?"
- C.
Simone asked, "did you just get home?"
- 8.Where should the quotation marks be in this sentence? Do you want it now? I asked
- A.
"Do you want it now?" I asked.
- B.
"Do you want it now? I asked."
- C.
Do you want it now? "I asked."
- 9.Where should the quotation marks be in this sentence? Yes, I will attend the charity event, she replied
- A.
""Yes, I will attend" the charity event, "she replied."
- B.
"Yes, I will attend the charity event," she replied.
- C.
"Yes," I will attend the charity event, she replied.
- 10.Be patient, he said. It will soon be over. Where should the quotation marks be placed in this sentence?
- A.
"Be patient," he said. "It will soon be over."
- B.
Be patient, he said. "It will soon be over."
- C.
"Be patient, he said. It will soon be over."
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