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Speech Marks

There are a number of resources which can be used to teach children about speech marks (also known as inverted commas or quotation marks):

1)  Witch and Tiger Conversation . This worksheet (in PDF format below) shows ten pictures of a witch and a tiger having a conversation. The speech bubbles are blank, and the procedure for using this worksheet goes as follows:

• First, the children can choose names for the witch and the tiger.
• Then, they have to create the contents of the conversation. The topic of the conversation could be decided by the children, or it could be based on a choice by the teacher. You could even complete the conversation before the lesson, in order to save more time for the next (and most important) section.
• Now the children have to re-write this conversation in the form of a story. They will need to include phrases such as “said Tom” and “asked Joe”. Speech marks will also need to be used, so it is important that children have a good knowledge of the correct use of speech marks before this activity is tried.

2)  Missing Speech Marks . This activity is also based on a worksheet, which can be also be found below. It contains a number of sentences involving speech. However, the speech marks have been removed from the text and should be replaced by the children.

3)  Missing Speech Marks . This activity is very similar to the one above, with children required to put speech marks in the correct place in each of the sentences. The worksheet (in PDF format) is also below.

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This quiz is about speech marks and introduces Key Stage 1 students to speech marks and their purpose. The National Curriculum doesn’t expect children in this key stage to know how to use speech marks as this is required in Year 3. When reading, however, they do need to know when a character is speaking. Therefore, this introduction to speech marks will aid their reading and comprehension skills and add to their all-round literacy and English knowledge.

When we read a story, sometimes the characters speak. We know a character is speaking because speech marks show us. When you see “ this means somebody has started speaking and this sign ” means they have finished.

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One handout with the main rules of using speech marks and one worksheet for learners to practise applying these rules.

I used these with a strong L1 literacy group who had little prior knowledge of the rules for speech marks. They generally did well with re-writing some unpunctuated sentences I gave them but got a bit confused with the attached exercise on Prince William and Kate Middleton (they used speech marks inside the speech bubbles). This may need to be demonstrated in front of the group first. However, it did produce some very funny writing.

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Speech Marks

Subject: English

Age range: 5-7

Resource type: Other

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This resource contains a short presentation on how to use speech marks/ quotation marks / inverted commas for direct speech in writing.

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Inverted Commas - 75 Slide PowerPoint Lesson

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use inverted commas to enclose direct speech punctuate reporting clauses and direct speech punctuate split speech set out direct speech in writing use interesting words to replace ‘said’

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Inverted Commas - 26-Page Workbook

This resource contains a 22 page workbook on inverted commas (speech marks/quotation marks/direct speech). It is appropriate for pupils in Years 3, 4 and 5 and older, SEN pupils who have yet to master the basics in punctuation. The workbook contains four information/revision sheets, 17 worksheets and an answer booklet.

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Direct speech: inverted commas

I can identify inverted commas in a speech sentence.

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Key learning points.

• Writers can use speech sentences to show a character speaking in a text.
• If a character speaks, the writer must signal this with specific punctuation.
• Inverted commas are the punctuation marks that signal direct speech to the reader.
• Direct speech is the term used for a character speaking out loud in a text.
• Direct speech helps us learn more about characters in a text.

Common misconception

Pupils may use the informal term 'speech marks'.

'speech marks' is a term that signals the same thing as 'inverted commas' i.e. the dialogue in a sentence, but it is better to use the grammatical term 'inverted commas'.

Direct speech - the term used for a character speaking out loud in a text

Inverted commas - a pair of punctuation marks that signal direct speech to the reader

Signal - show or direct attention to

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In this worksheet, students will revise how to punctuate direct speech, including the use of a comma before closing speech marks.

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In writing, we use speech marks (also called inverted commas ) to show the actual words that somebody speaks. This is called direct speech .

It is important to remember to use other punctuation as well as the speech marks.

For example :

"I live in Brighton," said Tom.

In this sentence, there is a comma after the word ' Brighton ' but before the closing speech marks.

If the order of the sentence is changed so that the direct speech is at the end, then the punctuation is different.

Tom said, "I live in Brighton."

There is a comma after the word ' said ' and a full stop after the word ' Brighton ' but before the closing speech marks.

If the speech ends in an exclamation mark or a question mark , then that comes before the closing speech marks and a comma is not needed.

"Go away!" shouted Pete.

"Are you listening?" asked Jonny.

The words ' shouted ' and ' asked ' do not need capital letters even though they come after an exclamation mark and a question mark.

If the word order is changed, the sentences look like this:

Pete shouted, "Go away!"

Jonny asked, "Are you listening?"

The first word of the direct speech always begins with a capital letter even if it is not the start of the sentence.

It is common in books for a single speech mark to be used instead of two. This is done on your keyboard by using the apostrophe key.

Pete shouted, 'Go away!'

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