Multiple choice

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

  1. “You are again late today for the class”, said the teacher to Mark, “why don’t you tell your father to drop you at school in the mornings?“.

  2. “You are again late today for the class”, said the teacher to Mark. “Why don’t you tell your father to drop you at school in the mornings?”

  3. “You are again late today for the class”, said the teacher to Mark. “Why don’t you tell your father to drop you, at school, in the mornings?“

  4. “You are again late today for the class”, said the teacher to Mark, “why don’t you tell your father to drop you at school in the mornings?“
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B 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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