Exploring Writing 2nd Edition by John Langan

Exercise 118

Use commas to set off direct quotations from the rest of the sentence.
1. The coach announced "In order to measure your lung capacity you're going to attempt to blow up a plastic bag with one breath."
2. "A grapefruit " said the comedian "is a lemon that had a chance and took advantage of it."
3. My father asked "Did you know that the family moving next door has thirteen children "
4. "Speak louder " a man in the back row said to the guest speaker. "I paid fifty dollars to hear you talk, not whisper."
5. The zookeeper explained to the visitors "We can't tell the sex of a giant tortoise for almost ten years after its birth."