PUNCTUATION WHEN USING DIRECT SPEECH (a) A comma or a colon can be used before the direct speech He replied:“I know the don‟t man.” He replied, know the “I don‟t man.” (b) The reporting clause may come before or after the direct speech. He know the replied:”I don‟t man.” know the he replied. “I don‟t man,” (c) ALL the punctuation that goes with the direct speech must go inside the quotation marks. All other punctuation marks go outside the quotation marks. is the asked the man. “Where museum?” he say is a asked the frightened man. “Did ‘This hijack’?” } a direct quote of someone else but still part of the direct speech of the man SECTION C: HOMEWORK Learner note: Try to answer the questions in the allocated time frames. If you get stuck, you should refer either to the additional notes or your class teacher. HOMEWORK EXERCISE: 25 MINUTES Rewrite the following conversation into reported speech. Hey, that boy has taken my him to Don’t worry. I’ll ask apple! Give it back. Listen! Stop! 2. Rewrite the following examples of Direct Speech using the correct punctuation. 2.1 mary shouted they stole my car (3) 2.2 are we going to the movies today asked betty (2)
PUNCTUATION WHEN USING DIRECT SPEECH (a) A comma or a colon can be used before the direct speech He replied:“I don‟t know the man.” He replied, “I don‟t know the man.” (b) The reporting clause may come before or after the direct speech. He replied:”I don‟t know the man.” “I don‟t know the man,” he replied. (c) ALL the punctuation that goes with the direct speech must go inside the quotation marks. All other punctuation marks go outside the quotation marks. “Where is the museum?” asked the man. “Did he say ‘This is a hijack’?” asked the frightened man. } a direct quote of someone else but still part of the direct speech of the man SECTION C: HOMEWORK Learner note: Try to answer the questions in the allocated time frames. If you get stuck, you should refer either to the additional notes or your class teacher. HOMEWORK EXERCISE: 25 MINUTES Rewrite the following conversation into reported speech. Hey, that boy has taken my Don’t worry. I’ll ask him to apple! Give it back. Listen! Stop! 2. Rewrite the following examples of Direct Speech using the correct punctuation. 2.1 mary shouted they stole my car (3) 2.2 are we going to the movies today asked betty (2)
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