Exercise A: Quotation Marks

Part I.

Directions: Identify the rules for using quotation marks by clicking "True" or "False" after each statement.


1	Quotations should begin with a capital letter.
		True
		False




2	Commas and periods that come at the end of a quotation go inside quotation marks.
		True
		False




3	Commas are used to separate the quoted part of a sentence from the rest of the sentence.
		True
		False




4	When a quotation is split up, the second part always begins with a capital letter.
		True
		False

Part II.

Directions: For each example, identify the sentence that uses quotation marks correctly by clicking on the letter that precedes it.


1			Ricardo told me that he was going to Paris next week.
			Ricardo told me "that he was going to Paris next week."




2			"I’m giving up smoking tomorrow," said Jason.
			I’m giving up smoking tomorrow said Jason.




3			"Yes," said Lucy, "I’ll be happy to cover your shift."
			"Yes, said Lucy", "I’ll be happy to cover your shift."




4			Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms begins, "In the late summer of that year we lived in a house in a village that looked across the river and the plain to the mountains."
			Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms begins. "in the late summer of that year we lived in a house in a village that looked across the river and the plain to the mountains."




5			"She loves going to the movies," said Douglas. "let’s take her with us."
			"She loves going to the movies," said Douglas. "Let’s take her with us."