Multiple choice

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

  1. “I need a single room on the ground floor for two nights”, said the visitor. “Sir, a single room is available only on the second floor”, the attendant said.
    “Ok. No problem. I shall manage”, the visitor said.

  2. “I need a single room, on the ground floor, for two nights”, said the visitor. “Sir, a single room is available only on the second floor”, the attendant said. “Ok., no problem. I shall manage”, the visitor said.

  3. “I need a single room, on the ground floor for two nights”, said the visitor. “Sir, a single room is available, only on the second floor”, the attendant said. “Ok, no problem! I shall manage”, the visitor said.

  4. “I need a single room on the ground floor, for two nights”, said the visitor. “Sir, a single room is available, only on the second floor”, the attendant said. “Ok. No problem! I shall manage”, the visitor said.
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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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