Direct speech: Varying punctuation and dialogue tags

Direct speech: Varying punctuation and dialogue tags

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will learn how to vary our punctuation marks in direct speech. We will also develop our understanding of how we can vary our dialogue tags for effect.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Arkell said “You should boil the pasta like this.”
Arkell said, “you should boil the pasta like this.”
Correct answer: Arkell said, “You should boil the pasta like this.”
Arkell said, “You should boil the pasta like this”
Arkell said, “You should boil the pasta like this”.
Q2.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Ellie said “Stop playing that awful song"
Ellie said “Stop playing that awful song".
Correct answer: Ellie said, “Stop playing that awful song."
Ellie said, “Stop playing that awful song”
Ellie said, “Stop playing that awful song”.
Q3.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Shaquille said "Tennis practice has been cancelled."
Shaquille said "tennis practice has been cancelled"
Shaquille said “Tennis practice has been cancelled".
Correct answer: Shaquille said, “Tennis practice has been cancelled.”
Shaquille said, “Tennis practice has been cancelled"
Q4.
Which sentence contains indirect speech?
Correct answer: Arkell said that pasta should be boiled a certain way.
Ellie said, “Stop playing that awful song."
Shaquille said, “Tennis practice has been cancelled.”
Q5.
Indirect speech contains the exact words used by the character/speaker.
Correct answer: False
True

6 Questions

Q1.
Which of the following is NOT a dialogue tag?
He snarled
He whispered
Correct answer: She crept
She growled
She wept
Q2.
If the dialogue tag is positioned at the start of a sentence, you should give your pronoun a capital letter.
False.
Correct answer: True.
Q3.
If the dialogue tag is positioned at the end of a sentence, you should give your pronoun a capital letter.
Correct answer: False.
True.
Q4.
Which of the following sentences has been punctuated correctly?
Correct answer: "Don't worry," she said.
"Don't worry," She said.
"Don't worry." Amy said.
"Don't worry" she said.
Q5.
Which of the following sentences has been punctuated correctly?
he said, "Don't worry."
Correct answer: He said, "Don't worry."
He said, "Don't worry"
He said. "Don't worry."
Q6.
Which of the following dialogue tags best conveys the character's anger?
Correct answer: Edith bellowed, "Get out!"
Edith bleated, "Get out!"
Edith bragged, "Get out!"
Edith gloated, "Get out!"

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UnitEnglish / Writing accurate, correctly punctuated and paragraphed dialogue, using personal pronouns

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