Inverted Commas for Direct Speech

Year 3 EnglishGrammar and Punctuation3 pages

About this worksheet

Inverted commas are the only topic on this three-page Year 3 knowledge check. Pupils circle the inverted commas in Grandma's line about cake, then tick the two correct sentences out of four. They add inverted commas to lines from the hare, Ben and Sarah, and add the missing end punctuation for Mum and David. The last section asks for two lines of speech between an astronaut and an alien. The answer key covers all nine questions, and the sheet follows the England National Curriculum objective on direct speech.

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Curriculum objectives covered

Writing - vocabulary, grammar and punctuation

โ€œUsing and punctuating direct speechโ€

All nine questions work on this, from spotting inverted commas in question 1 to writing new speech in questions 8 and 9.

What's inside this worksheet

Section 1: Spotting Speech

Pupils circle the inverted commas in a sentence said by Grandma, then tick the two correct sentences from a list of four.

Section 2: Adding Inverted Commas

Three sentences to rewrite, including the hare boasting that it can run very fast and Ben asking about his green jumper.

Section 3: Perfect Punctuation

Pupils add inverted commas and a comma, question mark or exclamation mark to two lines, one from Mum and one from David.

Section 4: Write Your Own

Pupils look at a picture and write what the astronaut says and what the alien replies.

How teachers use it

End of a speech unit

Use it as a check after teaching direct speech. It moves from spotting to writing, so it shows where each pupil stops.

Fix the errors

Put the two incorrect sentences from question 2 on the board and ask pupils to correct them together.

Drama first

Pairs act out the astronaut and the alien before they write questions 8 and 9.

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