Multiple choice

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

  1. What are you charging for this doll?”, said the lady. “Fifty dollars, please,” said the salesman “won’t you charge forty for it?”, said the lady, “you should know that our prices are fixed and we don’t bargain like others, madam”, said the shopkeeper after a pause.

  2. What are you charging for this doll”, said the lady?” Fifty dollars, please,” said the salesman. ”Won’t you charge forty for it”, said the lady? “You should know that our prices are fixed and we don’t bargain like others madam”, said the shopkeeper after a pause.

  3. “What are you charging for this doll?”, said the lady.” Fifty dollars, please,” said the salesman. ”Won’t you charge forty for it?”, said the lady. ”You should know that our prices are fixed and we don’t bargain like others madam”, said the shopkeeper after a pause.

  4. “What are you charging for this doll?” said the lady. “Fifty dollars, please”, said the salesman. ”Won’t you charge forty for it?” said the lady. “You should know that our prices are fixed and we don’t bargain like others, madam”, said the shopkeeper after a pause.
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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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