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Punctuating Quotations is a free printable Grade 4 English worksheet on capitals and marks around quoted speech, aligned to Common Core standard L.4.2. It prints 4 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 21 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. 21 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 Quotations

L.4.2

NameDate

Rewrite each sentence correctly.

1.capitals

The tide went out. the boats settled on the mud.

2.capitals

in 1880 parliament made one time legal.

3.capitals

fleming published a paper. almost nobody noticed.

4.capitals

mr kaur kept the ledger in pencil.

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Answer key — Punctuating Quotations

Set 9. Prints on its own sheet.

  1. 1.The tide went out. The boats settled on the mud.
  2. 2.In 1880 Parliament made one time legal.
  3. 3.Fleming published a paper. Almost nobody noticed.
  4. 4.Mr Kaur kept the ledger in pencil.

More practice for L.4.2

Punctuate quotations and compound sentences, and spell grade-level words.

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

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Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to L.4.2 of the Common Core State Standards for English language arts.