Multiple choice

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

  1. “How did you do in your Mathematics test?”, said the father. “Trust me, father; I shall get good marks”, the boy concluded.

  2. “How did you do in your Mathematics test?”, said the father. “Trust me father. I shall get good marks”, the boy concluded.

  3. “How did you do in your Mathematics test?” said the father. “Trust me, father. I shall get good marks”, the boy concluded.

  4. “How did you do in your Mathematics test” said the father? “Trust me, father; I shall get good marks”, the boy concluded.
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C 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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