Quotation Mark Exercise
In the following sentences put in quotation marks wherever they are needed, and underline words where italics are needed.
- Mary is trying hard in school this semester, her father said.
- No, the taxi driver said curtly, I cannot get you to the airport in fifteen minutes.
- I believe, Jack remarked, that the best time of year to visit Europe is in the spring. At least that’s what I read in a book entitled Guide to Europe.
- My French professor told me that my accent is abominable.
- She asked, Is Time a magazine you read regularly?
- Flannery O’Connor probably got the title of one of her stories from the words of the old popular song, A Good Man Is Hard to Find.
- When did Roosevelt say, We have nothing to fear but fear itself?
- Yesterday, John said, This afternoon I’ll bring back your book Conflict in the Middle East; however, he did not return it.
- Can you believe, Dot asked me, that it has been almost five years since we’ve seen each other?
- A Perfect Day for Bananafish is, I believe, J. D. Salinger’s best short story.
- Certainly, Mr. Martin said, I shall explain the whole situation to him. I know that he will understand.
