Punctuation and dialogue

Question 41speech and reporting boundaries · extension

Which sentence treats the action as a separate sentence correctly?

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"I see it. Mia pointed at the roof." "I see it" Mia pointed at the roof. "I see it." Mia pointed at the roof. "I see it," Mia pointed at the roof.

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Question 42speech and reporting boundaries · extension

Which sentence correctly attaches a reporting clause?

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"I see it." Mia said. "I see it" Mia said. "I see it, Mia said." "I see it," Mia said.

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Question 43speech and reporting boundaries · core

Which closing mark belongs inside the quotation in: The ranger asked, "Who has a torch__"?

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: , ' ?

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Question 44speech and reporting boundaries · core

Which closing mark belongs inside the quotation in: Theo replied, "I have one__"?

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an apostrophe a comma a colon a full stop

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Question 45speech and reporting boundaries · extension

Why is we lowercase in: "When the rain stops," said Grace, "we can leave."?

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The spoken sentence continues after the interruption. Grace is not the speaker. Pronouns never take capitals. Words in quotation marks cannot take capitals.

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Question 46sentence boundaries and capitals · support

Which punctuation best ends the direct question: How many eggs do we need__?

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a comma a question mark a full stop an apostrophe

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Question 47sentence boundaries and capitals · support

Which punctuation best ends this ordinary statement: The bus leaves at nine__?

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a comma a full stop an apostrophe a question mark

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Question 48sentence boundaries and capitals · support

Which punctuation best ends the urgent warning: Look out__?

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a comma a hyphen an exclamation mark an apostrophe

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Question 49sentence boundaries and capitals · support

Which sentence is punctuated as a direct question?

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Did you bring a towel? Did you bring a towel. did you bring a towel Did you bring a towel,

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Question 50sentence boundaries and capitals · core

Which version correctly separates two complete statements?

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The rain. Stopped we went outside. The rain stopped, we went outside. The rain stopped we went outside. The rain stopped. We went outside.

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