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Direct Speech

Total questions: 9

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is the correct order?

a)

"What's your name again?" said JLo at the reporters.

b)

"What's your name again?" JLo said at the reporters.

c)

JLo said at the reporters, "What's your name again?

d)

all of the alternatives are right

2.

Which is the correct order?

a)

"We have to call the police!" she said.

b)

"We have to call the police!" said she.

c)

"We have to call the police!" said her

d)

Said her, "We have to call the police!".

3.

"We can use both single inverted commas and double inverted commas throughout a text"

a)

true

b)

false

4.

When we want to quote a new person in a text, we must start their speech in a new line.

a)

true

b)

false

5.

Which sentence IS NOT correct?

a)

He said, "Let's go to the movies!"

b)

"Let's go to the movies!" he said.

c)

"Let's go to the movies!", he said.

d)

All sentences are correct.

6.

Which sentence presents the right ponctuation?

a)

"What are you going to tell her?' she asked.

b)

"What are you going to tell her?" she asked.

c)

"What are you going to tell her?", she asked.

d)

First and second are correct.

7.

When its someone's name, or there's a noum (e.g. mom) we can chosse which way round to write it (e.g. said my mom/my mom said).

a)

true

b)

false

8.

Which sentence presents the right ponctuation?

a)

The sign on her door said "do not disturb".

b)

The sign on her door said, 'do not disturb'.

c)

The sign on her door said 'do not disturb'.

d)

first and second are right

9.

Which sentence presents the right ponctuation?

a)

"We ruined her party.", she said.

b)

"We ruined her party." she said.

c)

"We ruined her party." she said.

d)

'We ruined her party.', she said