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Peach Jars and Quotation Marks

Grade 4 practice using commas and quotation marks in dialogue, set in a family kitchen on peach canning day.

Grade 4ELAInteractive · Printable

Aligned toL.4.2.b

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  • 1 Common Core standard
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  • 12 questions
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Format
Interactive · Printable
Grade
Grade 4
Subject
ELA
Question types
Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Matching, Circle the answer, Short answer

About this worksheet

What students practice

  • Students use quotation marks to show the exact words a speaker says.
  • Students place commas and end marks correctly between a speaker tag and a quotation.
  • Students choose the correctly punctuated version of a line of dialogue.

How to use

Review where commas and quotation marks go in a speaker tag, then let students work through the sheet. Have them read their own sentence in the last question aloud to a partner.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.4.2.b

Use commas and quotation marks to mark direct speech and quotations from a text.

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Peach Jars and Quotation Marks

Punctuate what each person says on canning day.

Pick the correct sentence

Imani, her cousin Theo and Aunt Beatriz are turning a basket of peaches into jars of peach slices. Choose the sentence that uses commas and quotation marks correctly.

1.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
  • A. Aunt Beatriz said "Wash the peaches first."
  • B. Aunt Beatriz said, "Wash the peaches first".
  • C. Aunt Beatriz said, "Wash the peaches first."
  • D. Aunt Beatriz said, Wash the peaches first."
2.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
  • A. "These jars are hot," Imani warned.
  • B. "These jars are hot." Imani warned.
  • C. "These jars are hot" Imani warned.
  • D. "These jars are hot, Imani warned."
3.
Theo asks a question. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
  • A. "Can I stir the syrup," asked Theo.
  • B. "Can I stir the syrup?," asked Theo.
  • C. "Can I stir the syrup"? asked Theo.
  • D. "Can I stir the syrup?" asked Theo.

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