Print Punctuation and dialogue · Year 4 English

Question 1

speech and reporting boundaries · support

Which words should be inside quotation marks in: Mum said, Please bring a coat.?

Please bring a coat.
Mum said
said, Please
Mum said, Please bring a coat.

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Question 2

speech and reporting boundaries · support

Which words should be inside quotation marks in: I can see the lighthouse, said Ruby.?

said Ruby
the lighthouse, said Ruby
I can see the lighthouse, said Ruby
I can see the lighthouse

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Question 3

speech and reporting boundaries · core

Why are there no quotation marks in: Yusuf said that he was hungry?

Quotation marks are only used for questions.
It reports the meaning rather than quoting his exact words.
The sentence is too short for quotation marks.
Hungry people cannot be quoted.

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Question 4

speech and reporting boundaries · core

Which sentence needs quotation marks around the exact spoken words?

The librarian explained the whispering rule.
The librarian asked us to whisper.
The librarian said, Please whisper.
The librarian said that we should whisper.

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Question 5

speech and reporting boundaries · extension

Which sentence correctly leaves reported speech unquoted?

Ella said that the match was cancelled.
Ella "said that" the match was cancelled.
Ella said, "that the match was cancelled."
"Ella said that the match was cancelled."

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Question 6

speech and reporting boundaries · core

In a story, what should usually happen when a different character starts speaking?

Put a comma between the speakers' names.
Remove all quotation marks.
Keep both speakers inside one pair of quotation marks.
Begin a new paragraph.

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Question 7

speech and reporting boundaries · core

Which part identifies who spoke in: "The room is empty," whispered Zain?

The room
The room is empty
is empty
whispered Zain

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Question 8

speech and reporting boundaries · support

Which punctuation surrounds the speaker's exact words in a written story?

apostrophes used for missing letters
hyphens
brackets
quotation marks

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Question 9

speech and reporting boundaries · extension

Why is said lowercase in: "Who is there?" said Nina?

It continues the sentence as a reporting verb.
All words after question marks are lowercase.
It is a name.
Question marks cancel all capital letters.

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Question 10

speech and reporting boundaries · extension

Why is He capitalised in: "I will help." He picked up a bag.?

He is a reporting verb.
Bag should also have a capital.
He begins a new sentence describing an action.
Every word after speech needs a capital.

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Question 11

speech and reporting boundaries · extension

Which sentence treats the action as a separate sentence correctly?

"I see it. Mia pointed at the roof."
"I see it" Mia pointed at the roof.
"I see it." Mia pointed at the roof.
"I see it," Mia pointed at the roof.

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Question 12

speech and reporting boundaries · extension

Which sentence correctly attaches a reporting clause?

"I see it." Mia said.
"I see it" Mia said.
"I see it, Mia said."
"I see it," Mia said.

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Question 13

speech and reporting boundaries · core

Which closing mark belongs inside the quotation in: The ranger asked, "Who has a torch__"?

:
,
'
?

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Question 14

speech and reporting boundaries · core

Which closing mark belongs inside the quotation in: Theo replied, "I have one__"?

an apostrophe
a comma
a colon
a full stop

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Question 15

speech and reporting boundaries · extension

Why is we lowercase in: "When the rain stops," said Grace, "we can leave."?

The spoken sentence continues after the interruption.
Grace is not the speaker.
Pronouns never take capitals.
Words in quotation marks cannot take capitals.

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