Unit 8
Language Quotation marks
When we write down what people say, we put quotation marks around the words they say: “ I’m going to keep all the knowledge for myself ,” said Anansi. We place a punctuation mark (comma, question mark or exclamation mark) and quotation marks after the last word spoken.
1 Find three examples of speech in the story on pages 68–69.
2 Underline the speech and add quotation marks to the sentences below. Example: “ That was an interesting story, ” said Cara. 1 Do you know any more Anansi stories? Rick asked Grandad. 2 I prefer adventure stories, Jayden told his friends. 3 Hurry up! It’s bedtime, Mom shouted.
4 Let me finish reading the story, Greg pleaded. 5 Stop talking at once! Mr. Cooper told the students. 6 May I borrow your book? Maria asked me.
When the spoken words come first , we put a comma inside the quotation marks: “I’m laughing at you, Papa , ” said Anansi’s son. When the spoken words come last , we put a comma before the first quotation marks: The boy said , “You are very silly, Papa.”
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3 Rewrite the sentences. Put quotation marks around the speech and add commas where they are needed. 1 Jayden asked How did the story end? 2 We often write stories in class Rick told Grandad. 3 Mr. Cooper said Please return your library books tomorrow. 4 Mom asked Have you finished your homework yet? 5 I can’t find my English book Michael told me.
6 Rick said I think this book is yours. 7 Can I help you? the librarian asked. 8 My brother shouted I’m leaving now.
• To help students place quotation marks in the correct places, ask them to identify the words which were said. • Exercise 3: Explain that when the speech comes last, we use normal sentence punctuation at the end (full stop, question mark or exclamation mark).
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