Multiple choice

Directions: The given question carries four options. You are to mark the correct option after checking the punctuation(s) of each option.

What a beautiful toy said the child to his mother.

  1. “What a beautiful toy!” said the child to his mother.

  2. “What a beautiful toy? said the child to his mother.

  3. “What a beautiful toy”, said the child to his mother.

  4. “What a beautiful toy” said the child to his mother.
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Explanation

This is direct form of narration. The reported speech has to be separated by inverted commas (" "). The reported speech is an exclamatory sentence, so we need to end it with a sign of exclamation.

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