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Rules of direct speech punctuation

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1
How many Golden Rules of speech punctuation are there?
5
83
4
0
2
What is wrong with this sentence?: The baby cried, "give me more sweets!"
It's too short.
Missing full stop at the end
It doesn't need the comma.
Missing capital letter at the start of speech
3
Which of these is an inverted comma?
'
"
.
,
4
When writing direct speech, when do we start a new line?
Never
When we have a new speaker in a conversation.
After every full stop.
When we feel like it.
5
How many missing pieces of punctuation in this sentence?: he cried its not over
6
5
3
4
6
Which of these is correctly punctuated?
"I'm glad I now know how to use speech marks, said Jay."
"I'm glad I now know how to use speech marks," said Jay.
"I'm glad I now know how to use speech marks, said Jay.
I'm glad I now know how to use speech marks, said Jay.
7
We use speech punctuation to...
to tell us how the words are being spoken.
keep the teacher happy.
make it clear who is speaking and what they are saying.
to make our work look nice
8
Direct speech is....
someone telling it like it is.
the exact words a character or person has said, in writing.
someone speaking to only one person.
someone talking to an audience.
9
Which one of these sentences is correctly punctuated?
"Ouch" he screamed in shock.
He replied, "Because it's not fair."
"Go away" she shouted.
Milly asked, "Why are you so sad"
10
What punctuation is missing from this sentence?: "NO!" shouted Bethany "It's not my fault."
"
,
;
?