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Punctuating Dialogue is a free printable Grade 3 English worksheet on capitals and marks around what a character says, aligned to Common Core standard L.3.2. It prints 4 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 20 of them with different questions, so no two pupils in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Set 1 has all 25 in a single PDF. 20 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two pupils have the same paper in front of them.

Punctuating Dialogue

L.3.2

NameDate

Rewrite each sentence correctly.

1.capitals

The lock has two gates. the lower one opens first.

2.capitals

priya whispered it was here on tuesday

3.capitals

the fox said come down and see

4.capitals

mr ellis wrote to his sister in canada.

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Answer key — Punctuating Dialogue

Set 25. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The lock has two gates. The lower one opens first.
  2. 2.Priya whispered, "It was here on Tuesday."
  3. 3.The fox said, "Come down and see."
  4. 4.Mr Ellis wrote to his sister in Canada.

More practice for L.3.2

Capitalise titles, punctuate dialogue and possessives, and spell using patterns.

Teaching this next? Spelling Patterns and Reference Materials is the 40-minute plan for it, with the misconceptions to expect.

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to L.3.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.