This quiz is about speech marks and introduces Key Stage 1 students to speech marks and their purpose. The National Curriculum doesn’t expect children in this key stage to know how to use speech marks as this is required in Year 3. When reading, however, they do need to know when a character is speaking. Therefore, this introduction to speech marks will aid their reading and comprehension skills and add to their all-round literacy and English knowledge.
When we read a story, sometimes the characters speak. We know a character is speaking because speech marks show us. When you see “ this means somebody has started speaking and this sign ” means they have finished.
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You can find more about this topic by visiting BBC Bitesize – How to use inverted commas
Speech marks look like two commas close together that are floating in the air.
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When somebody has stopped speaking we use the same symbol but it should be facing inwards - we say the opening speech marks look like 66 and the closing speech marks look like 99.
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Before we close the speech marks we must always include a form of punctuation.
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If somebody is speaking we show it with speech marks, we also write who is speaking by saying 'said Peter'.
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If you write who is speaking, make sure you never put that information in speech marks.
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Don't forget to start speech with a capital letter.
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The word 'said' is the most popular word to use when somebody is speaking.
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Whenever we write speech, we always begin with a capital letter, finish with some form of punctuation and open and close speech marks.
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Speech marks are also called 'inverted commas'.
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