Punctuating Direct Speech

Students rewrite sentences that contain direct speech, adding quotation marks around the exact words spoken and the correct comma between the speech and its tag. Starting from correctly formed examples and working toward trickier structures (speech tag in the middle), students learn the complete pattern.

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Rewrite each sentence. Add quotation marks around the spoken words and any missing commas.

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