Adding Inverted Commas

to a Sentence Where the

Speech is Split Quiz
Which sentence shows the inverted commas in the correct
place?

“Do you want any sweets?” my dad asked. “I’m just about to go to the shop.”

“Do you want any sweets? my dad asked”. I’m just about to “go to the shop.”

Do you want any sweets? “my dad asked”. “I’m just about to go to the shop.”

“Do you want any sweets?” “my dad asked.” I’m just about to go to the shop.
Which sentence shows the inverted commas in the correct place?

I’ve had “enough!” shouted Grandpa. “I’m fed up of you playing video
games.”

“I’ve had enough!” shouted Grandpa. “I’m fed up of you” playing video
games.

“I’ve had enough!” shouted Grandpa. “I’m fed up of you playing video
games.”

I’ve had enough! “shouted Grandpa”. I’m fed up of you “playing video
games.”
Which sentence shows the inverted commas in the correct place?

“I’m scared,” my brother whispered. “Do we have to” go on the ghost train?

“I’m scared,” my brother whispered. “Do we have to go on the ghost train?”

I’m scared, “my brother whispered”. Do “we have to go on the ghost train?”

I’m scared, “my” brother whispered. “Do we have to go on the ghost train?”
Which sentence shows the inverted commas in the correct place?

When you ride your bike to school, “explained Dad”, you must always wear
your “helmet”.

“When you ride your bike to school,” explained Dad, “you must always wear
your helmet.”

“When you ride your bike to school,” explained Dad, you must always “wear
your helmet.”

When you ride your “bike to school,” explained Dad, you must “always wear
your helmet.”
Which sentence shows the inverted commas in the correct place?

I had a great time at “the fair,” said Ayan. “The Waltzer was my favourite
ride.”

“I had a great time at the fair,” said “Ayan. The Waltzer was my favourite
ride.”

“I had a great time at the fair, said” Ayan. “The Waltzer was my favourite
ride.”

“I had a great time at the fair,” said Ayan. “The Waltzer was my favourite
ride.”
Which sentence shows the inverted commas in the correct place?

“Adam is very good at multiplications,” explained the teacher, “but he needs to

improve his division.”

“Adam is very good at multiplications,” explained the teacher, but he “needs

to improve his division.”

Adam is very good at “multiplications”, explained the teacher, “but he needs

to improve his division.”

Adam is very good at multiplications, “explained the teacher,” but he needs to

improve “his division.”
Which sentence shows the inverted commas in the correct place?

Don’t feed the “monkeys,” said the zookeeper. “They have a special diet.”

Don’t feed the monkeys, “said the zookeeper.” They have a “special diet.”

“Don’t feed the monkeys,” said the zookeeper. “They have a special diet.”

Don’t “feed the monkeys”, said the zookeeper. “They have a special diet.”
Which sentence shows the inverted commas in the correct place?

If you “finish your vegetables,” offered Mum, “you can have some ice cream.”

If you finish your vegetables, “offered Mum,” you can have some “ice
cream.”

“If you finish your vegetables”, offered Mum, you can “have some ice
cream.”

“If you finish your vegetables,” offered Mum, “you can have some ice
cream.”