Quotation Marks (Grammar Test)

Test on Using Quotation Marks

Below is a quick test on using quotation marks and the associated punctuation. (This test is linked to the lesson on quotation marks.)

Note: Some of the answers marked

are not wrong but are not as tidy as the correct version.

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