Form 5: Reporting Clauses at the Start of Sentences Exercise

Form 5: Reporting Clauses at the Start of Sentences

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Form 5: Reporting Clauses at the Start of Sentences

Practice punctuating direct speech when the reporting clause appears at the beginning of a sentence.

Questions

  1. MultiChoice

    Which sentence uses a comma before the opening inverted comma?

  2. MultiChoice

    When the reporting clause comes FIRST (e.g. Mum said), what punctuation mark comes right before the opening quote?

  3. MultiChoice

    Select the correctly punctuated sentence.

  4. MultiChoice

    Which sentence has correct punctuation when reporting clause is first?

  5. MultiChoice

    Which sentence correctly uses a comma after the reporting verb?

  6. MultiChoice

    Where should the comma go? The crowd cheered 'We won the match!'

  7. MultiChoice

    Which sentence is correctly punctuated?

  8. MultiChoice

    Select the correct sentence.

  9. MultiChoice

    In the sentence 'Oliver asked 'What time is it?'', where is a comma missing?

  10. MultiChoice

    Choose the sentence with correct punctuation.

  11. MultiChoice

    Which sentence is written correctly?

  12. MultiChoice

    Where should a comma be added in: Ben said 'This book is great.'

  13. MultiChoice

    Pick the correctly punctuated sentence.

  14. MultiChoice

    When direct speech is at the end of the sentence, what punctuation mark ends the entire sentence?

  15. MultiChoice

    Identify the correctly punctuated direct speech.