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Direct speech & Speech Punctuation
Direct speech & Speech Punctuation
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speech and speech punctuation
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1
We use speech punctuation to...
Make it clear who is speaking and what they are saying.
To make our work look nice.
To tell us how the words are being spoken.
Keep the teacher happy.
2
How many missing pieces of punctuation in this sentence?:
Dad shouted Eep come here
4
7
3
12
3
How many
'Golden Rules'
of speech are there?
7
5
4
1
4
What punctuation is missing from this sentence?:
"No!" shouted Thunk "It's not my fault."
?
!
" "
,
5
Direct speech is...
someone speaking to only one person.
Someone talking to an audience.
Someone telling it like it is.
The exact words a character or person has said, in writing.
6
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Grug asked, "Why are you so sad"
Go away!" Eep shouted.
"Ouch he screamed in" shock.
Eep replied, "Because it's not fair."
7
Which of these is correctly punctuated?
"I'm glad I now know how to use speech marks, said Sandy."
I'm glad I now know how to use speech marks, said Sandy.
"I'm glad I now know how to use speech marks," said Sandy.
"I'm glad I now know how" to use speech marks, said Sandy!
8
Which of these is an inverted comma?
?
,
!
" "
9
What is wrong with this sentence?:
Sandy
"cried, Give me more sweets!"
It doesn't have a full stop at the end.
The speech marks (inverted commas) are in the wrong place.
It's too short.
It doesn't need the comma.
10
When writing direct speech,
when do we start a new line?
After a full stop.
Never.
When we have a new speaker in a conversation.
When we feel like it.
