EnglishYear 3Grammar & Punctuation

Use inverted commas for speech

Use inverted commas (speech marks) to punctuate direct speech in writing

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    Imagine you're telling a story and a character speaks. We put a special sign around their words!

  2. 2

    What do we put around the words someone says?

  3. 3

    Let's add inverted commas to this sentence.

  4. 4

    Tap the words that need inverted commas around them.

  5. 5

    Which sentence has inverted commas in the right place?

  6. 6

    Where does the closing inverted comma go?

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