Students learn how to punctuate direct speech using quotation marks, commas, capitals and end punctuation.
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Year 4 · Conventions of language
Punctuation and dialogue
Punctuate dialogue with quotation marks, capitals, commas and sentence endings.
60 questions and practical tasks · 6 practice sets · filtered to VC2E4LA11
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Set 1
Questions 1–10
punctuating direct speech
10 questions & tasks → Set 2Questions 11–20
punctuating direct speech
10 questions & tasks → Set 3Questions 21–30
punctuating direct speech
10 questions & tasks → Set 4Questions 31–40
speech and reporting boundaries
10 questions & tasks → Set 5Questions 41–50
speech and reporting boundaries · editing dialogue in context
10 questions & tasks → Set 6Questions 51–60
editing dialogue in context
10 questions & tasks →Curriculum links
These activities map to the following Victorian Curriculum English Version 2.0 Level 4 content descriptions.
Students learn the difference between exact spoken words and speech that is retold in the writer's own words.
Students edit writing by improving meaning, content and structure, not just fixing spelling.
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