Multiple choice

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

  1. “Take your umbrella son as it is raining heavily,” said the mother. “Sure mother, I will,” said the boy.

  2. “Take your umbrella son, as it is raining heavily”, said the mother. “Sure, mother. I will,” said the boy.

  3. “Take your umbrella son, as it is raining heavily,” said the mother. “Sure mother! I will,” said the boy.

  4. “Take your umbrella son as it is raining heavily”, said the mother. “Sure, mother! I will,” said the boy.
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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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