Volcanoes and Earthquakes - Quotation marks - Punctuation and capitalization

Practice Makes Perfect: Exploring Grammar - Muschla Gary Robert 2010

Volcanoes and Earthquakes
Quotation marks
Punctuation and capitalization

Many volcanoes and earthquakes occur around the Pacific Ocean. What is the special name for all of these volcanoes and earthquakes?

To answer the question, read each sentence below. If the quotation marks and the punctuation with them are correct, write the letter for correct in the space above the sentence number at the bottom of the page. If the quotation marks or punctuation with them is incorrect, write the letter for incorrect. You will need to divide the letters into words.

1. “Volcanoes and earthquakes cause much destruction, said Mrs. Jones.”

L. Correct

F. Incorrect

2. Mrs. Jones told her students to read Chapter 4, “The Violent Earth.”

F. Correct

H. Incorrect

3. “I like learning about volcanoes and earthquakes,” Geraldo said.

I. Correct

E. Incorrect

4. Geraldo recently watched a “TV special” about volcanoes.

T. Correct

E. Incorrect

5. “I watched that show, too, said Madison. It was interesting.”

L. Correct

N. Incorrect

6. Victor told Mrs. Jones that he read an article titled “The Shaking Earth.”

I. Correct

A. Incorrect

7. “It was about earthquakes, he said.

S. Correct

G. Incorrect

8. “A big earthquake can destroy a whole city,” Geraldo said.

R. Correct

A. Incorrect

9. “That’s what happened in San Francisco in 1906,” said Mrs. Jones.

R. Correct

M. Incorrect

10. “I would never want to be near an earthquake or volcano” said Madison.

E. Correct

O. Incorrect

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