Printable grammar worksheet designed to help students practice identifying and placing quotation marks in dialogue.

Let’s go through each sentence one by one and add quotation marks where someone is speaking.

Remember: Quotation marks go around the exact words that a person says. We also need to make sure the punctuation (like commas or question marks) is inside the quotation marks if it’s part of what was said.

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1. Can I have a piece of cake? Asked Johnny.

→ Johnny is asking a question, so his words should be in quotes.
→ The word “Asked” should not be capitalized unless it starts a new sentence — but here it’s part of the same sentence.
→ So we write:
“Can I have a piece of cake?” asked Johnny.

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2. John asked what we should bring to the party.

→ This is NOT direct speech. John didn’t say those exact words out loud — it’s reported speech.
→ So no quotation marks needed!
→ But wait — let’s double-check. If it were direct speech, it would be:
John asked, “What should we bring to the party?”
But the original sentence doesn’t have that structure — it’s indirect.
→ So actually, this sentence does NOT need quotation marks as written.
→ However, looking at the context of the worksheet, it seems they want us to turn it into direct speech? Let me check the example again.

Wait — the example says:
“She said, ‘He was not feeling well since last night.’” → That’s direct speech with quotes.

Looking at sentence 2: “John asked what we should bring to the party.” — this is indirect. But maybe the worksheet expects us to rewrite it as direct speech? Hmm.

Actually, re-reading the instruction: “Add the quotation marks in the following sentences.” — meaning, only if the sentence contains direct speech.

In sentence 2, there are no spoken words shown — it’s just reporting what John asked. So technically, no quotes needed.

BUT — looking at the other sentences, like #3 and #5, they clearly have direct commands or statements. Maybe sentence 2 is meant to be rewritten as direct speech? Let’s look at the pattern.

Sentence 1: Direct question → needs quotes
Sentence 3: Direct command → needs quotes
Sentence 4: Direct question → needs quotes
Sentence 5: Direct statement → needs quotes

Sentence 2 is the odd one out — it’s indirect. But perhaps the worksheet made a mistake? Or maybe we’re supposed to convert it?

Wait — let’s read the sentence again: “John asked what we should bring to the party.”

If we assume it’s meant to be direct speech, then it should be:
John asked, “What should we bring to the party?”

That makes sense with the rest of the worksheet. Probably, the worksheet intends for us to treat all these as direct speech examples, even if some are phrased indirectly.

So I’ll go with adding quotes to make it direct speech.

→ Final version: John asked, “What should we bring to the party?”

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3. Clean your room, mom ordered.

→ Mom is giving a direct order. Her words are “Clean your room.”
→ So we put quotes around that.
→ Also, “mom ordered” should come after the quote, and the comma goes inside the quotes.
→ Corrected: “Clean your room,” mom ordered.

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4. Where are my keys? Asked dad.

→ Dad is asking a question directly.
→ His words: “Where are my keys?”
→ Then “asked dad” — lowercase ‘a’ because it’s continuing the sentence.
→ Corrected: “Where are my keys?” asked dad.

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5. He said, don’t pluck the flowers.

→ He is saying something directly: “don’t pluck the flowers.”
→ So we put quotes around that part.
→ Also, since it’s a command, we can keep the period inside the quotes.
→ Corrected: He said, “Don’t pluck the flowers.”
(Note: Capitalize “Don’t” because it’s the start of the quoted sentence.)

Wait — the original says “don’t” with lowercase ‘d’. In direct speech, when you quote a full sentence, you capitalize the first letter. So yes, “Don’t”.

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Now let’s list all corrected sentences:

1. “Can I have a piece of cake?” asked Johnny.
2. John asked, “What should we bring to the party?”
3. “Clean your room,” mom ordered.
4. “Where are my keys?” asked dad.
5. He said, “Don’t pluck the flowers.”

I think that’s correct!

Final Answer:
1. “Can I have a piece of cake?” asked Johnny.
2. John asked, “What should we bring to the party?”
3. “Clean your room,” mom ordered.
4. “Where are my keys?” asked dad.
5. He said, “Don’t pluck the flowers.”