Students learn the rules for punctuating direct speech: quotation marks around the spoken words, a capital letter to start the speech, a comma, question mark or exclamation mark inside the closing quotation mark, a comma before speech that follows the speaker's name, and a new line for each new speaker. They pick the correctly punctuated sentence, add missing punctuation, punctuate split speech and set out a whole conversation.
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Completed: Punctuating Direct Speech with Quotation Marks
Year 6 students (typically ages 10–11) working on punctuation. It is pitched at level 2 · standard; an easier version and a harder version are linked above.
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About 25 minutes for 17 questions. Short, regular sessions work best: two or three a week beats one long one.
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Quotation marks go around the spoken words, and the punctuation that ends the speech stays inside them.
Direct speech shows the exact words someone says. Circle the correctly punctuated sentence.
Rewrite each sentence with quotation marks, commas, capital letters and end punctuation.
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