Quotation marks worksheets
Aligned with Common Core L.3.2c
Printable third-grade quotation mark worksheets: where quotation marks, commas and end marks go, adding missing quotation marks, choosing the correctly punctuated sentence and writing what characters say.
The worksheets
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Quotation Marks Chart
Three example sentences with the quotation marks in color, plus the five rules for punctuating speech.
Add the Quotation Marks
Sentences with someone talking. Add the missing quotation marks around the spoken words.
Fix the Punctuation
Pairs of sentences where only one is punctuated correctly.
Write What They Said
Animals with speech bubbles. Write each one as a sentence with quotation marks.
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What it is
Quotation marks go around the exact words someone says. Third graders learn to put the marks around the spoken words, use a comma between the speaker and the words, and keep end marks inside the quotation marks. This is called punctuating dialogue.
What comes next
Spelling patterns.
How to teach it
- Point out quotation marks in picture books and comics. Speech bubbles work the same way.
- Have your child read only the words inside the marks in a character's voice.
- Remember "Talking words are hugged by quotation marks."
- Practice the two patterns, with the speaker first and with the speaker last.
- Let your child write a short conversation with a friend or a pet.
Common mistakes
- Putting the comma or end mark outside the quotation marks.
- Forgetting the closing quotation mark.
- Putting quotation marks around words that weren't said out loud.