When you are writing the words that someone speaks, you must put quotation marks around the words. Quotation marks always come in pairs, and they look like this: ” “. We put one set of quotation marks before the start of the spoken words and the other set of quotation marks at the end of the spoken words.
Look at this example:
Bob said, “I am going to the store.”
The first two words are called a speech tag. The speech tag tells us who is talking. The words inside the quotation marks are the actual words that Bob said.
Here are more sentences with quotation marks at the beginning and the end of the spoken words.
“Be careful up in that tree,” yelled Dad.
“Answer the doorbell,” called Betty.
Our teacher said, “We will have a test on Monday.”
Quotation marks go at the beginning and at the end of spoken words. Quotation marks are always used in pairs.
▶It’s your turn. Put quotation marks at the beginning and at the end of the spoken words in this sentence. I’ll pick you up at 8:00, said Jim. Did you figure it out? Good for you!