A 4th grade dialogue worksheet that builds on basic quotation marks. Students punctuate a speaker tag that comes before, after, or in the middle of the spoken words ("If you hurry," said Coach, "you can still catch the bus."), decide when the second part starts with a capital letter, keep every comma, period, question mark, and exclamation point inside the closing quotation mark, and start a new paragraph each time the speaker changes. They finish by writing a short scene with dialogue.
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Completed: Punctuating Dialogue: Split Quotations and New Speakers
4th Grade students (typically ages 9–10) 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 15 questions. Short, regular sessions work best: two or three a week beats one long one.
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Read the dialogue aloud. Is the second part a new sentence or the rest of the same one?
A speaker tag tells who is talking (said Mom, asked Jay). It can come before, after, or in the middle of the spoken words. Circle the correctly punctuated sentence.
Add quotation marks, commas, end marks, and capital letters. If the second part continues the same sentence, start it with a lowercase letter. If it is a new sentence, put a period after the speaker tag and start the second part with a capital letter.
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