📝 Part 1: Adding Speech Marks

Instructions: Add speech marks and correct punctuation to the sentences below.

1. Sarah said hello do you want to play

2. Where are you going asked Tom

3. I can't wait for the holidays exclaimed Emma

4. The teacher announced we will have a spelling test tomorrow

🎯 Part 2: Multiple Choice

Instructions: Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.

5. Which sentence uses speech marks correctly?

"What time is it? asked Mum."

"What time is it?" asked Mum.

What time is it?" asked Mum.

6. Which sentence needs speech marks?

The boy ran quickly to school.

Dad said he would pick us up at 3 o'clock.

The weather was sunny and warm.

7. When should you start a new paragraph?

When a new character starts speaking

After every sentence

Only at the end of the story

8. Write a short conversation between two characters using correct speech marks and punctuation. Include at least one question and one exclamation.

9. Explain in your own words why speech marks are important in story writing.

10. Circle the punctuation marks that can appear inside speech marks:

Full stop (.)

Question mark (?)

Exclamation mark (!)

Comma (,)