Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the sentence out of the following that is correctly punctuated.

  1. “Why have you shifted your school, the teacher said?” “The teaching in my previous school was not up to the mark” replied the student.

  2. “Why have you shifted your school?”, the teacher said. “The teaching in my previous school was not up to the mark”, replied the student.

  3. “Why have you shifted your school,” the teacher said. “The teaching in my previous school was not up to the mark,” replied the student.

  4. “Why have you shifted your school?” the teacher said. “The teaching in my previous school was not up to the mark”, replied the student.

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D Correct answer
Explanation

In direct form of narration, the reported speech is put within quote marks and it is separated from reporting work through a comma (,). The question mark is put after the reported speech. The indirect form of narration does not use question mark.

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