EnglishYear 4

Punctuate direct speech correctly

Learn Punctuate direct speech correctly for Year 4 pupils (ages 8–9). Free practice questions, lessons and worked examples — aligned to the UK National Curriculum.

What you'll learn

  1. 1

    When someone speaks in a story, we put their words inside special marks called speech marks. These marks look like little upside-down commas.

  2. 2

    What do we put around the words someone says?

  3. 3

    Tap the speech marks to put them around what the boy says.

  4. 4

    Let's add speech marks to this sentence together.

  5. 5

    Which sentence has speech marks in the right place?

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    Now build your own sentence with speech marks.

  7. 7

    What punctuation goes before the closing speech marks when the sentence continues?

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Free AI-tutored lessons, unlimited practice questions, and progress tracking for ages 8–9. Aligned to the UK National Curriculum.