Worksheet 2: Advanced Quotation Marks
Challenge yourself with exercises on interrupted quotations and punctuating questions with quotes. Click below to print or save as a PDF.
Worksheet 2: Advanced Quotation Marks
Name: _________________________ Date: _________________________
1. Interrupted Quotations
Punctuate the following sentences, which contain a quotation interrupted by a dialogue tag like "he said."
Original: I think he said that we should leave now.
Original: The test she explained will cover the first three chapters.
Original: Well he continued I'm not sure that's a good idea.
2. Questions and Exclamations with Quotes
Add the correct punctuation (question marks, exclamation marks, and quotation marks) to the following sentences.
Original: Did she ask Are you coming with us
Original: He shouted I won
Original: The coach yelled Run faster
Original: Have you read the poem Annabel Lee
3. Quotes within Quotes
Rewrite the following sentence to correctly use single quotation marks for the quote inside the main quote.
Original: The teacher said, "My favorite line from the poem is, The woods are lovely, dark and deep."