This is the student worksheet that goes with a seventh grade lesson plan on commas and quotation marks.

Some of the following sentences are correct. However, many of them need commas or quotation marks. Add commas or quotation marks where you think they should go.

1. When the bell rang we cheered.
2. I can't hear you, Andrea said.
3. I can't hear you, Andrea said holding her hands over her ears.
4. Determined to reach China she dug for nine hours.
5. I have always wanted to study wombats, he said.
6. He said he had always wanted to study wombats.
7. Even though I wear a helmet I'm always nervous on my grandmother's motorcycle.
8. After breaking all the eggs he decided to juggle oranges.
9. Barbara said she needed to wash her lucky socks.
10. There's no reason to get excited, Norbert said holding the lion firmly by the tail.
11. When no one was looking we sucked all the jelly out of the donuts.
12. As soon as I did my frog imitation everyone went home.
13. She leapt from the plane calling, See you in Acapulco!
14. The hamster lunged at my ankle convinced I was a burglar.
15. Even though he never saw her again he always remembered her kiwi pie.
16. Carrying the bowl of cold porridge Goldilocks looked for the microwave.
17. Shocked by the news he dropped his cat.
18. I love spicy food, she said gulping ice water.
19. We're out of chocolate! I cried.
20. Mom said it was my turn to wash the raccoon.