LET’S TRY ONE
Which sentence is punctuated as direct speech?
Mia said, “I found it.”
The speaker's words are inside quotation marks, with a comma after said.
Learning steps & teaching tips
Use quotation marks and punctuation to distinguish spoken words from a speaker tag.
- Find the exact spoken words first, then put quotation marks around them.
- Work through the example. Explain how its evidence supports the answer.
- Try a new question; use the explanation to check your thinking.
Try it together
Make one new example with a partner. Identify the evidence for your answer before checking it together.
Find the exact spoken words first, then put quotation marks around them.