Dialogue

Dialogue Tags

100

Dialogue tags tell us who is ______________. 

speaking

200

True or False

Dialogue tags can show up in the beginning, middle, or end of a sentence. 

True

300

What is the dialogue tag in the sentence below?

Rudolph complained, "They won't let me play any reindeer games!"

Rudolph complained

400

What is the dialogue tag in the sentence below?

"I'm never going to give you up," said Rick Astley.

said Rick Astley

500

"Well," Martha answered, "I learned to speak by eating alphabet soup." 

Martha answered

Quotations

100

Quotation marks belong around which words below?

This is fun said Gerald. 

This is fun

200

Quotation marks belong around which words below?

My walrus is missing shouted Mr. Fitzsimmons. 

My walrus is missing

300

Quotation marks belong around which words below?

Will replied with a grin well, we won the game.

well, we won the game

400

Quotation marks belong around which words below?

If you don't bring a book to DEAR time, I'm giving you detention Mr. Campbell replied. 

If you don't bring a book to DEAR time, I'm giving you detention

500

Quotation marks belong around which words below?

Finally, said Allie my motorcycle is ready!

Finally, my motorcycle is ready. 

Fill in the Blank Punctuation

100

"Can I get a refill on my soda_____" wondered Ericka. 

?

200

What punctuation mark goes in the blank?

"That was an amazing game____" exclaimed Liam. 

!

300

"His report is about hippos_____" said Joe. 

, 

400

Mike said_____ "What's so special about narwhals?

,

500

Carson said, "Can we watch Teletubbies____" 

?

Spot the Error

100

I like to play Barbies with my friends said Mr. Lowe. 

It's missing quotation marks. 

200

"Matthew said, I love playing tennis on the weekends!" 

Move the quotation marks to before the word I

300

"Where are all of my pencils," wondered Skylar. 

the comma should be a question mark

400

George shouted, "watch out for that tree!"

the W should be capitalized

500

Adrian replied "That's too much information!" 

missing a comma

What's the Rule?

100

Put the speaker's exact words in _______________. 

quotation marks

200

Punctuation should go _______ the second quotation mark.

inside

300

Use __________ to separate the tag from the quote. 

punctuation (comma, exclamation mark, or question mark) 

400

Always _____________ the first word of a quote. 

capitalize

500

If a quoted sentence is divided (split dialogue), a _____ usually follows the first part and comes before the second part. 

comma