Deck 34: Quotation Marks

Question 1

Place quotation marks around the exact words of a speaker or writer in the sentences that follow.
When chefs go to great lengths, the woman at the diet center said, I go to great widths.

Answer 1

"When chefs go to great lengths," the woman at the diet center said, "I go to great widths."

Question 2

Use quotation marks or underlines as needed. Review your answers with a partner.
The sociology test will cover the first two chapters: Culture and Diversity and Social Stratification.

Answer 2

The sociology test will cover the first two chapters: "Culture and Diversity" and "Social Stratification."

Question 3

Place quotation marks around the exact words of a speaker or writer in the sentences that follow.
If I go with you to the dinner party, my friend said, you must promise not to discuss politics.

Answer 3

"If I go to a dinner party," my friend said, "you must promise not to discuss politics."

Question 4

Use quotation marks or underlines as needed. Review your answers with a partner.
An article in Consumer Reports called Which Cereal for Breakfast Claims that children can learn to like low-sugar cereals like Cheerios and Wheaties.

Question 5

Place quotation marks around the exact words of a speaker or writer in the sentences that follow.
On a tombstone in a Maryland cemetery are the words Here lies an atheist, all dressed up and no place to go.

Question 6

Place quotation marks around the exact words of a speaker or writer in the sentences that follow.
The columnist advised, Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet them on your way down.

Question 7

Rewrite the following sentences, changing words as necessary to convert the sentences into direct quotations. The first one has been done for you as an example.
According to Monica, her grandmother has been the role model for several women in her family.
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Question 8

Rewrite the following sentences, changing words as necessary to convert the sentences into direct quotations. The first one has been done for you as an example.
Angelo said that he wanted a box of the extra-crispy chicken.
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Question 9

Rewrite the following sentences, changing words as necessary to convert the sentences into direct quotations. The first one has been done for you as an example.
My history professor told us that tomatoes were first grown in Peru.
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Question 10

Rewrite the following sentences, changing words as necessary to convert the sentences into direct quotations. The first one has been done for you as an example.
The instructor announced that Thursday's test had been canceled.
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Question 11

Use quotation marks or underlines as needed. Review your answers with a partner.
In her short story A Sea Worry, Maxine Hong Kingston describes a group of teenage surfers and a mother who tries to understand them.

Question 12

Use quotation marks or underlines as needed. Review your answers with a partner.
The January issue of Discover magazine included an article entitled Lost Cities of the Amazon.

Question 13

Place quotation marks around the exact words of a speaker or writer in the sentences that follow.
Several people have been credited with saying, The more I see of people, the more I like dogs.

Question 14

Use quotation marks or underlines as needed. Review your answers with a partner.
We read the chapter Pulling Up Roots in Gail Sheehy's book Passages.

Question 15

Place quotation marks around the exact words of a speaker or writer in the sentences that follow.
Let nature be your teacher, advised the poet William Wordsworth.

Question 16

Use quotation marks or underlines as needed. Review your answers with a partner.
Raymond gave me a copy of last month National Geographic magazine, which featured a story called Saving Energy: It Starts at Home.

Question 17

Place quotation marks around the exact words of a speaker or writer in the sentences that follow.
According to the Bible, the laborer is worthy of his hire.

Question 18

Use quotation marks or underlines as needed. Review your answers with a partner.
The movie Casablanca, which starred Humphrey Bogart, was originally cast with Ronald Reagan in the leading role.

Question 19

Place quotation marks around the exact words of a speaker or writer in the sentences that follow.
The bumper sticker on the rear of the battered old car read, Don't laugh-it's paid for.

Question 20

Use quotation marks or underlines as needed. Review your answers with a partner.
One of my grandfather's favorite old TV shows was Thriller, a horror series hosted by Boris Karloff, the man who starred in the 1931 movie Frankenstein.

Question 21

Place quotation marks around the exact words of a speaker or writer in the sentences that follow.
I know why Robin Hood robbed only the rich, said the comedian. The poor don't have any money.

Question 22

Use quotation marks or underlines as needed. Review your answers with a partner.
When the Beatles' movie A Hard Day's Night was first shown, fans screamed so much that no one could hear the songs or the dialogue.

Question 23

Place quotation marks around the exact words of a speaker or writer in the sentences that follow.
The ballot, said Abraham Lincoln, is stronger than the bullet.

Question 24

Use quotation marks or underlines as needed. Review your answers with a partner.
Pinned on Jeffery's wall is the cover of a recent issue of Rolling Stone. The cover has a photo of the British rock group The Rolling Stones.